Observations on Greece, May 2

- everyone talks about the 'Crisis', but we don't see that's it's affecting anyone. Locals are out everywhere--eating, drinking, shopping. We've heard that taxes keep going up & that there's no business. Tourism seems good & all of our hotels have been full.
-  No woman under 88 years of age has gray hair. Every other color, but not gray.
-  Greek people all seem to be extroverts! Lots of fun, big (& loud) talkers & friendly.
-  everyone wears blue jeans & looks exactly like anyone in the US wearing jeans. Jeans are the new equalizers. The exception are the Northern European men who all wear Capri pants.
-  Everyone has an iPhone & stands around looking down. Hundreds of years from now, anthologists will wonder what caused the human neck to elongate & curve down.
-  there are very few Americans--lots of Brits, French, Germans & Dutch. They can fly to Greece for about $150 round trip
-  Greeks adore cats. They are everywhere including a small museum we visited where a mama cat & her babies were in a box right by the entrance inside the museum! Plus side: we have seen no rats!
-  dogs are popular, too. Especially in small villages where they like to sleep in the middle of the only narrow road through town.
-  goats & sheep are everywhere in the countryside. It's great to wake up to sheep bells ringing. . . Or come around a country road to find a sheep herder taking his flock across the road to another pasture.
-  the food is as good as everyone says. Very simple, lots of delicious olive oil.

We love this country!