What images do you conjure up when you think of travel in Greece?
The azure blue of the sun drenched Mediterranean, the heady perfume of meadows full of wildflowers heralding the onset of spring or of pineneedles crackling underfoot on one of the mountain trails; terraced vineyards tumbling down the valley ridges or the omnipresent groves of olive trees .. entrenched in antiquity?
Perhaps - the narrow flag-stoned streets winding between white-washed village houses, the flotilla of small fishing boats, bobbing lights astern, rounding the headland, as dusk descends into balmy night? Struggling to find just the right Greek phrase when the phrasebook is not much help, or gazing with awe on the Parthenon and marvelling in its architectural illusions?
Maybe, that romantic encounter in a quayside taverna, or, the sight of a wizened crone in funereal black? Or does the aroma of must and citrus wafting up from the fruit-laden baskets straddling the donkey you met on a hillside path come to mind?
The stirring sounds of rembetika
It matters little whether your travels in Greece have seen you exploring spots off the beaten track on the mainland, or whether you’ve sought the peace and quiet of a seaside village on one of the Greek islands (those ’scattered stones’), in offseason. Where-ever you travel in Greece your senses will be assailed with a raft of experiences all too personal to you and when you come to leave, these memories of your time spent in Greece will leave an indelible impression.