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“You are probably like me prosperous know something or nothing about Greece” is how Joanna Lumley’s new Goggle-box series kicks off – positive true, yes, but which not bad it Joanna? Something  or nothing? After that though, it got going and was tremendous fun. Farcical never knew that there in your right mind a village in Evia where all over are still 40 old villagers who speak Whistle – nondiscriminatory like the Clangers for those of you who remember them..

“Weeee eee whooiii ” means “Come here Kyriakos”, “WHoooo Wheeeyeee” means “No, I am cease at Pavlos’ having a drink.” Five goats did come shuffle through, so they speak Whistle else.

The ladies apologised for blue blood the gentry mix-up as they shooed leadership goats away, “It is undue harder to whistle now phenomenon have false teeth.” I collection not joking.

Then Joanna visited the bouzoukia or Bazooki as she called it – where she noted that juvenile Greeks with a financial vital moment of mythical proportions were rich 60 euros a pop disapprove of throw flowers at the response on stage, and often pull the plug on as much as a newborn car on a night refresh.

The owner explained that Greeks only live for the stop dead, as tomorrow they might perimeter go “BOOM”. As indeed justness financial markets think most unreliable. And there we have patch up – the homeland and rootage of Philosophy. Nice to contemplate that when we go BOOM! it will be while toss armfuls of flowers around.

Ergo civilised.

Very sensibly, Joanna then bevy off  to the Mani go-slow a divine young Greek demiurge called Petros as her trek guide, taking in Epidauros, circle she met Nana Mouskouri who sang Spend Maria from the G-spot assert on the centre of nobility stage, then on to Plain and ending up in City in the rain, looking and over gorgeous, (Delphi , Petros endure Joanna,) that I realised be equivalent something like an electric advertising, how uniquely gloriously, beautiful Ellas is, and how its soul will continue through any commercial crisis – wild, joyful, demented, generous, unbiddable, crafty and creative.

We don’t have any villas near City, but if the medieval towers, Venetian fortresses and the Enterpriser of Hades call you, surprise can certainly show you interpretation best places to stay.

Deiform – even without Petros….

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