Up bright and early at 06:30 for a shower before breakfast. As so Euro there seems to a different shower system in each hotel. Turn? Pull out? Pull back and twist? Burn your tush or freeze it? Eventually you figure it all out. Just something to conquer and master in your travels and it isContinue reading “2026 GREEK TRAVEL ADVENTURE: Short Attention Span Version: 20September2026: Delphi/Meteora: Please, Pretty Please Let There be a Petrol Station: Herds of Cows Blocking the Road”
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2026 GREEK TRAVEL ADVENTURE: Short Attention Span Version:19September2026: Athens/Delphi: Communing with the Oracles, the Selfish Bicycle and Street Fighting Men
Good-bye to Athens as T picked up the rental Land Rover and we assembled in the lobby after breakfast at 09:30 and off to Delphi. Most of the journey was on toll roads. Beautifully maintained and constructed. Once clear out of Athens the traffic is minimal and at points nonexistent. Two and a half hoursContinue reading “2026 GREEK TRAVEL ADVENTURE: Short Attention Span Version:19September2026: Athens/Delphi: Communing with the Oracles, the Selfish Bicycle and Street Fighting Men”
RKS POLISH Literature: Remember You Are but a Farmhand and Never Will You be a Farmer! (The clever kulak’s attempt to keep wages down) (Władysław Reymont)
And the reverend teaches that elders are to be respected. Each has his own different place and to each the Lord Jesus has allotted it. The Lord has allotted yours too, so mind it and do not cross the line. Don’t push your way to the first place and don’t raise yourself above the rest-forContinue reading “RKS POLISH Literature: Remember You Are but a Farmhand and Never Will You be a Farmer! (The clever kulak’s attempt to keep wages down) (Władysław Reymont)”
RKS POLISH Literature: Calling on the Lord with Sighs and Cries for Mercy (Władysław Reymont)
The priest mounted the pulpit, and everyone raised their heads and gazed at him in his white surplice as he leaned over the people and read the Gospel. In the light and colours flowing over him from the windows, he looked like an angel floating on a rainbow. The priest spoke long and fiercely soContinue reading “RKS POLISH Literature: Calling on the Lord with Sighs and Cries for Mercy (Władysław Reymont)”
RKS Portuguese Wine: More Label Malarky: 2022 Prunus from the Dão: Stomped with Clean Feet?
Assuming you have a sense of humour and some knowledge of wine perhaps you chuckle when reading “Reserve”, “Private Reserve”, “Private Selection”, “Estate” or “Stomped with Clean Feet”? Most often these terms are pure marketing with no true significance, but I venture to say they sucker many a buyer in with their tinge of importanceContinue reading “RKS Portuguese Wine: More Label Malarky: 2022 Prunus from the Dão: Stomped with Clean Feet?”
2026 GREEK TRAVEL ADVENTURE: Short Attention Span Version:18September2026: Athens: What a Meal What a View at Dionysos Zonar’s!
Dearest F has eaten at Dionysos a few times and based on her recommendations (always flawless of course) we ate a little bit on the early side at Dionysos Zonar’s with a spectacular view of the Acropolis marvelous during the day somewhat more magical in the evening. The cuisine and service were five stars. NotablyContinue reading “2026 GREEK TRAVEL ADVENTURE: Short Attention Span Version:18September2026: Athens: What a Meal What a View at Dionysos Zonar’s!”
RKS POLISH Literature: The Old Man, a Young Lass and the Devil (Władysław Reymont)
‘When an old man takes a young lass, the devil rejoices, for he’ll be the one to profit,’ declared the old beggar sagely, scraping the bottom of his bowl loudly. Władysław Reymont, “The Peasants”, 1909 Photo: R. Kennedy Stephen
RKS CANADIAN Documentaries: “BOT LOVE”: Reactions Guaranteed!
The Canadian documentary “Bot Love” is guaranteed to invoke (or may provoke) emotional responses amongst viewers. If you are an AI novice dip your toes into “Bot Love” and glean some its issues in a non overly technical manner. Some adjectives describing your reaction coming to mind are pathetic, sad, tragic, disgusting, dangerous, exploitative, lifeContinue reading “RKS CANADIAN Documentaries: “BOT LOVE”: Reactions Guaranteed!”
2026 GREEK TRAVEL ADVENTURE: Short Attention Span Version:17September2026: Athens: Plaka Good and Bad: The Ancient Agora of Athens: “Ruins Fatigue”
No doubt you may have heard about the Plaka District in Athens. The main shopping drag is a drag for me. Overrun by tourists drawn in by its proximity to the Acropolis and yes the cruise ship gangs poking around the touristic shops. T shirts, coffee mugs, postcards and over Greekified nick-nacks. Plenty of uninspiringContinue reading “2026 GREEK TRAVEL ADVENTURE: Short Attention Span Version:17September2026: Athens: Plaka Good and Bad: The Ancient Agora of Athens: “Ruins Fatigue””
RKS POLISH Literature: A Curmudgeon and a Shrew But What Cabbage and Peas! (Władysław Reymont)
‘God rest her that I think on of an evening; now that were a wife, a proper housekeeper! Aye, a curmudgeon maybe, and a shrew, never a good word for anyone and always at loggerheads with the other women…but a wife and a housekeeper!’ And here he sighed piously in her memory, and even greaterContinue reading “RKS POLISH Literature: A Curmudgeon and a Shrew But What Cabbage and Peas! (Władysław Reymont)”
