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1/5/2005

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9 January ’05, Sunday. For the last few days we have noticed a lot of people out in the fields, beside the roads, and even in the campgrounds picking and digging something green…like green leaves that grow very close to the ground. Well, yesterday we were in Argos looking for an internet café and we found that they were having a bazaar / market. In wondering through we came across a number of people selling these greens, so we found someone who could at least tell us how to prepare them, so we bought a bag full. It cost us a whopping euro ($1.30). This young lady that was doing the explaining of the plant and how to cook it, had the booth next door and she and her husband were selling wine. They had a rose, white, and a dark red. After sampling all three, we decided on the rose and the dark red (1.70 euro / 1½ liter ea.). This is the grape growing and winery area for Greece. We have noticed for the last 2 days quite a number of people who have set up these little stands along side the road. They had 5 liter and 1½ liter plastic containers in 3 different color liquids in them. Now we know what they were selling too.
Tonight, we cooked the Greek greens, I barbequed sausages from Crete, and a Greek bread that is so dense that you almost need two hands to hold a half slice, and Greek wine from a Greek plastic bottle. Our dinner was really wonderful, even if we found some of those green leaves growing under our van tonight. Well, last night we took time to wash a couple of loads of laundry and hang them overnight, and this morning we did our sheets. It was a wonderful day with the sun shining bright and warm. Our campground is just across the street from the Gulf of Argolikos in the Myrtoo (Mirto) Sea, so we grabbed our lawn chairs, put on our summer clothes (shorts and t-shirt) and packed a snack and spent the afternoon on the beach. Louise spent most of her time wondering the beach looking for shells and anything that is “pretty”, while I just settled back and soaked in the sun. We also have a “resident dog” that has adopted us. He is a large German Shepard with a huge bark and loves to chase sticks. The only thing is, once he gets the stick, he keeps it. He finds a place to place the stick and then digs like crazy throwing sand and beach gravel everywhere trying to cover that stick. For some reason, the stick never gets buried and he goes ballistic over it. Overall, a good dog. He will take a treat from you, but he won’t pester you for it. This campground is the best we have had for some time. It is very modern and well maintained. I would guess that the spring to fall season here is booming. There are a number of caravans here now from Germany, but I would guess that they are here year around.

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