Greece I really liked as a country to visit, but rather I would not have lived in Greece with their children. Let's start with
playgrounds - are a little visited.
We have not seen any well cared for, not a beat playground. I am not exaggerating. It looks as though none of them are not exercised any care and conservation - have been put down and a dog with a lame leg is not interested in whether these toys are still safe. And they are not.
swings without backs, with pourywanymi, rusty chains, ladders with pourywanymi rails, bolts, slides broken to ride, so that the holes through. And I'm not talking about a sunken plazas in some holes: I speak here also of squares in the city center, in the center of Athens.
urywającą circle have indicated to some swings
niet rails - for a screw free
Traveling with a pram is a nightmare to Greece. Sidewalks are from sasa the riddle - if at all are, of course. Suddenly able to reduce the width to 10 cm. Or end up in some bushes. Or turn into a garden at some tavern. Or a smooth transition in the stairs to a house. Or just disappear. To curb or stop by 30 centimeters in height. On your way you may even receive any number of cars or motorcycles parked in such a way that, for a pedestrian is about 5 mm. Of course all this means that in many places most convenient to go after the road - and try not to look nervously at each a passing car. The biggest hardcore
: I was walking with the trolley Pillows measure one of two lanes very busy road in the middle of Athens. Reason: zdematerializował sidewalk to the curb was parked a car at these cars were parked in the second row - the emergency lights, which in the code, not just Greek, in general southerly means "be right back."
parking in Greek;) (see cross section)
Another issue is pedestrian and light. Belts - indeed occur. In Athens, the major intersections are. In smaller towns you will not find - goes like, or where, or - where possible. But even in Athens for posterity captured two flowers associated with the stripes;)
As for traffic lights - motorists are strongly favored. Pedestrian lights are lit for a few seconds literally - if at all to light up - because we got such a crossroads. After 10 minutes of waiting - we went to red using a hole in the inexhaustible string of cars and motorcycles.
Driving ... hm .... There are more probably tell zdołałby Tibor - I have only the observations as a passenger.
The Greeks naczytaliśmy driving in the net and we have been bluntly warned the Athenian encountered in Okecie "remember - the Greeks are the worst drivers in the world! And most of them do not have a license." Cool. Super. It's very encouraging when you want to spend 10 days in the car.
on site the first thing I did - it looked at whether the cars have side mirrors (in Naples that most cars have them at least damaged, if not unfinished.) Mirrors were. It probably will not be so bad ... And in my opinion it was not. Yes - we had to get used to the Greeks lanes treat a contract - the city they love driving in the center carriageway, taking the belt between the wheels, in Athens it was necessary to prepare, that someone from the left lane suddenly decides to turn right, break the ban, etc.
Emergency lights - about them not fail to mention. It is a panacea for all Greeks to withdraw emergency, parked, turn where they should not. When one saw the car on the ongoing emergency in front of you - you had to be careful, because that car can do EVERYTHING: stop, turn in either direction, to begin to withdraw.
Greeks did not use lights. Light them as I have really gets dark - when Dusk finally light up position.
But with all these "kwiatkach" liked the relaxed drivers: there nobody nobody trumpet. Failed to exit from the crossing, and you half ass sticks out? Cool - you have overlooked the larger arc. In Warsaw, the culprit would have obtrąbiony for half of the city. We did not have a Stresa when parking somewhere in foreign places - where we all parked at random.
Maybe will add more once my husband - me at the moment it all:)
Our trip through the Peloponnese:
