Showing posts with label hospitality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hospitality. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

South America is calling

Yes, it is official...we have booked out trip to Machu Pichu and the Galapagos Islands for April 2015!!!
Can you hear the drum rolls?
We are so very excited...we were invited by a couple of friends to join their group after we mentioned that we had postponed our South America trip. It seems that fate had other plans!

Get ready because I intend to do a cooking class and to take some awesome pics!

Our travel consultant Lady Sanchez (who was kind enough to take us on) from ADVENTUREPERU is wonderful!
We look forward to meeting her and having a fantastic adventure with our friends!

Friday, September 28, 2012

Dionysus Hotel in Mytikas

The Dionysus Hotel in Mytikas really lived up to its name. Dionysus is the ancient god of food, drink, and hospitality who always makes sure everyone has a good time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus



Our hosts were wunderbar! They spoke fluent German (daughter lives in Germany). I didn't realize how much German I understand before staying with them!! They did not speak much English but were adept at hand language and sounds that exemplify meaning! They were so very helpful and friendly I would have to rate the service a 10 (only because the scale doe s not go any higher).
This husband and wife team made us feel right at home. He even drove us to a nearby village when the market we wanted to go to was closed at that time of day. They gave us a map and a tour book of the area with local archaeological sites and even drove us to one nearby.
Our hotel room was spotless, large, and well appointed. The hotel was modern and well kept.

There was a beautiful sandy beach within a few steps of the hotel in a secluded little cove with warm water and a few bathers. Our host mentioned that this was a wild beach (clothing optional)).
 
 
Breakfast at the Dionysus could be classified as an event which Dionysus himself would be envious of and would definitely approve. It consisted of fresh coffee, fresh squeezed juice, a tray of cold meats and cheeses, boiled eggs, fresh bread with creamy butter, breakfast cakes with jam, and jellies and to make sure we didn't leave hungry ....watermelon!

Oh my goodness...there was so much care and attention put into this breakfast preparation and presentation that we felt like long time friends visiting again! The hotel, hosts, and food well exceeded our expectations and I would highly recommend it to anyone who comes this way.

A drive through town

A lovely little video driving through a small town in Greece. It is amazing how everyone cooperates while driving and how it all works so seemlessly. This would be impossible in North America...
It took a few days to determine how to best resize the video and keep the quality, get it uploaded to YouTube with sporadic internet connections, and get it onto the blog page without a great deal of trouble.
Here it is my first video upload!!

http://youtu.be/iSXFX_X6UEw

Hope you enjoy the ride...

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

King Nestor famous for his hospilatity

Ancient King Nestor was famous for his hospitality! So, when he had a few hundred friends over for dinner he really put on a spread! Here are a few of the eating and drinking implements from his store room and pantry!
 
It seems that there may have been a few feasts going on in Nester's time as he had store houses of fine pottery made for dining and drinking! Here are a few more of his wonderful place settings.
I will be putting on a feast in honor of King Nestor when we return home....any takers?