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symivisitor
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Kojak
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 Posted - 16 June 2007 : 12:51:38
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| I think that one could be debated at length, Mike - everyone has their own favourite! It says a lot for the island that there are so many good places to eat! I have a lot of "bests" Giorgios in Chorio for atmosphere (although once again the EEC has stifled local tradition by banning unhygenic customers from the kitchen), Mythos for something special, Yiannis and the Neraida for good food and good value... the list goes on! |
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Richard
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Posted - 16 June 2007 : 14:39:31
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| I read it this morning and it was not very clear but I think it has to be the Mythos. OK, I'm biased. Who has been banned from Giorgio's kitchen, Kojak? Tell us more. |
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Jan
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Posted - 16 June 2007 : 17:00:37
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| We assumed it must be Tholos. Through the boatyard and on to the point... Good food but best on the island??? |
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Mille
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Posted - 16 June 2007 : 17:17:31
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The best food is served by Zoi. No need to debate |
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Kojak
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Posted - 16 June 2007 : 22:36:52
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| Apparently Richard, since the recent revamp of the kitchen at Giorgios, Health & Safety (who else!) have said that he can no longer allow the public into the kitchen. Not even those who wear freshly laundered socks with their sandals! |
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Allan
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Posted - 17 June 2007 : 00:01:16
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No sign of any such rules when I was there a few days ago Kojak!  |
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Kojak
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Posted - 17 June 2007 : 10:17:45
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Great news Allan.  I'm pleased Giorgios have done the Greek thing and ignored stupid, interfering, idiotic legislation drafted by someone thousands of miles away who wouldn't know a Greek Taverna if it hit them on the head with a plate of moussaka etc. ... etc.... Not that I have a thing about unnecessary legislation telling us how much curve there should be in a cucumber..... |
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Richard
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Posted - 17 June 2007 : 11:02:47
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| You've been reading the Express again, haven't you? |
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symivisitor
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Tove
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Posted - 17 June 2007 : 14:47:50
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I think you are right, Mike, I have never seen the steps of Kali Strata from the boats, and water melon trucks coming down the hills? |
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Kojak
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Posted - 17 June 2007 : 22:39:28
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| Venetian houses? Did they actually go to Symi or just read a book about Corfu? |
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Mille
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Posted - 18 June 2007 : 07:43:46
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| It's very romanticized!! |
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Adriana
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Posted - 18 June 2007 : 10:45:00
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| 'soberly dressed office workers'...?! the only time we see 'suits' on Symi is when the big whigs come to call! |
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Allan
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Posted - 18 June 2007 : 10:46:14
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Another example of the lazy journalism seen so often in travel pages.
Why bother writing notes during the freeby holiday when you can cobble something together from the guidebooks when you get back.
At least it's not as bad as an American review I read a couple of years ago which spoke about visitors being taken up the Kalistrata on donkeys! |
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Adriana
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Posted - 18 June 2007 : 11:19:53
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Well, Lindos has an acropolis and so do we...
The random use of the word 'city' or 'town' in descriptions can also be misleading ...every so often I meet lost yachtsmen resolutely tramping up the Panormitis road convinced by an Italian pilot book that there is a city on Symi. Faces fall when they discover Chorio and Yialos are it...! |
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Symi in the press again.
