Do you have any recommendations for modern Greek fashion/street fashion accounts to follow?

You mean on instagram? Like influencers? I have no idea, I don't even have an Instagram account lol

But this link has some fashion influencers trending right now

I found this article with fashion blogger recs

This is also a fashion news blog

I am definitely not answering your question exactly but that is the best I can do XD

Dunno if this is any relevant, but my favourite Greek fashion brands (street? not high fashion anyway) are Billy Sabbado and Moutaki.

We've had one goat, yes, but what about second goat?

Do you know there is always a second goat, the little brother, the buckling? He's built by the natural sciences club at municipal gymnasie school Vasaskolan (the building behind the trees in the first three pictures). They never build it to the same plans, so it always looks different every year. This was one of the better years, in my humble goat connoisseur opinion. It was certainly hella big. It looked especially good from behind, but the telltale boxiness was evident the moment I got around to see the head.

Also, if you like, squint really really really hard, you can maybe see the GOAT in the background in the last pic.

And if you don't love me now, you will never love me again

I can still hear you saying we would never break the chain

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I know everyone and their second cousin has drawn locked tomb art based on this pose but if the shoe fits

OH NO HE'S TOO CUTE HELP

Yesterday I was hanging up a tapestry celebrating different species of fungus while wearing my spine brace (to mitigate the effects of degenerative disability rapidly accelerated by exposure to toxic fungus) and respirator (to mitigate my ongoing exposure to the toxic fungus colony currently thriving in my cabin) and my co-farmer (hard at work ripping the fungal colony out of the walls while also increasingly sick from exposure) joked about starting a fungus cult with me as the moldsick prophet, and proceeded to paint this gorgeous portrait of the moment as my first piece of devotional art

04-10-2024 at Turner Hall, Milwaukee WI, taped by roffels

With this latest tour having just wrapped up, and this song both a) having its live debut and then being played every single night and b) absolutely rocking beyond belief every single time, Only Takes A Few was the only song I could possibly choose for this week's Live Tapes Tuesday! I had never heard this one before this tour-- it was written by Jonathan Larson and tMG were invited to record it for the show Tick Tick Boom-- and I have to say the studio version pales in comparison to any live version of it for me. This recording is my favorite, and this whole show is killer, especially the encore of Blood Capsules/See America Right/Up the Wolves/Heretic Pride.

What's the Live Music Archive?

Fearne’s been threatening to sleep with the party since like episode 10, she really deserved this threesome above anyone else, in these, the most trying of times

I like my @bil-daddy better than this one. (He is kinda sexy though)

I do notice Aziraphale on the right trying to “Avaunt” that demon. 🤦‍♀️😘

@uziraphale

@docdust kinda reminds me of you only not golden enough

Sloth Bear Speedpaint

Songs:  The Last Lord/ The Crows / Death’s Door -Death’s Door OST

sorry had a vision

i'm a big fan of non-dsmp-viewing qsmp artists depictions of tubbo. most dsmp players have some similarities to their qsmp counterparts but i've seen so many different tubbos - even moreso than usual, since tubbo has always had a variety of designs - that don't have many design aspects that i associate with tubbo due to the dsmp. i think that's neat.

Hello,

Is it reasonable to visit Greece and plan to rely on public transportation and taxis? Would we still be able to reach hiking destinations easily? I have a free place to stay in Athens but would really love to be able to explore more of the country and would be very grateful to hear suggestions. Thanks in advance for your help!

Hello! The short answer is that you can rely on them to some decent degree, however I would suggest that you remained a little cautious or alert for whatever situation could need preparation or adjustments. Obviously most places have a large public transportation system and taxis are available in most of them, however Greece culturally relies far less to public transportation compared to privately owned vehicles than states in western and northern Europe, so don't go entirely concern-free thinking it will all definitely run 100% smoothly even in remote places, because there is a chance it might not. Of course I don't want to scare you, I only want to ensure that you go about your plan well prepared for potential adjustments and not with the mentality "surely everything will be perfectly taken care off without a single hiccup" because then you could be caught off guard.

I can suggest a few plans based on the information you gave me:

Attica Love

You told me you will have a free base in Athens, so this can be a great and affordable way to explore a lot of of Attica. Attica is the prefecture / region of which Athens is the metropolis of. Even though Athens is huge, Attica is a quite big region and has more to offer. It has an extended coastline, two lakes (Marathon and Vouliagmeni) and other less known ones, three mountains over 1,000 m - 3,280ft (Parnitha, Penteli and Hymettus) and many more hills that are close to the city and offer nice views, such as Lycabettus and Philopappos hill. The mountains and the hills are great for hiking and have several trails. Needless to say, in this way you combine hiking, nature and city vibes at the lowest possible cost and with the exclusive use of public transportation or taxis or the subway, which is great. Within Athens, there's nothing to worry about. This screenshot gives some info about some basic trails in Attica.

These are just some examples. According to this page, greeka.com, Parnitha has more than 50 trails. Parnitha also is a national park and has wildlife, if you are fortunate enough to spot it. Again, Lycabettus is a hill, not a mountain, that's why the trail is shorter, but it's still great to accompany it with a city break within the same day.

Hiking view of Parnitha from the website xtremegreece. Check the link for more info and also remember you can get in touch with hiking / trekking / mountaineering clubs in Athens to go there in an organized group.

Travel & tour offices

Perhaps you want bigger mountains or the feel of exploring rural Greece far from Athens. I hear that. Based on your mail, I get the impression you don't have a fixed itinerary yet. In Greece this can be a problem because you can very easily get "lost" and don't know what to choose and what the smartest plan to make would be. That is because Greece has many things to see, its landscape is diverse and irregular, navigating it is harder and a little chaotic due to all this, so it has a real-life feel of being complicated and big in ways tourists never imagine by looking the map. Nothing tragic of course, but tourists definitely oversimplify and underprepare when it comes to Greece. So here's an idea. If indeed you have not a fixed plan and you are unsure where to go, you can make a search on the internet with all the travel offices or hiking clubs in Athens and pick up the ones that seem to go to places that interest you. So as soon as you land in Athens, you call or go to those offices and say this: "Hello, I am gonna be in Greece for the so and so amount of time, I want to see such & such landscapes, are you making any such trips during the time of my stay and if so are there available seats for me / my group?". And then you choose the best trip based on the info they give you. Of course the cost rises a bit, but if you get to go in farther places, you would have to pay a lot a taxi or spend more for overnight stays either way so basically sometimes these tour offices offer good packages, that might even end up being cheaper. And if not, they still curate your experience so you have nothing to worry about. They get you where you have to go, they schedule the stays, the drives, the hours, all that stuff, so... I think it's great if you want to go somewhere but don't know where, because they know better. Tip: if you find a trip you are interested in, always make sure to ask how many people are already in, because sometimes if not many people gather, the tour might get cancelled and you don't want to be left hanging. If they have more than 25 people, they make the trips. Of course this is about regular travel groups, we are not talking about super curated, exclusive services only for you or your group, because that's obviously a totally different cost.

2-day tour group in Meteora from Meteora.com

Tips if you are going on your own

The truth is that most travellers navigating Greece on their own prefer to do it with a rented vehicle. It is the optimal way. If that's not an option, I am gonna give you some tips in order to avoid problems. Within cities and towns, you will not have a problem with either taxis or buses (you might get suffocated in a crowded bus in Thessaloniki but other than that you'll go where you want). The city buses also get you to the immediate suburbs. Outside that, you will be needing the intercity buses where you have to figure out their routes well. You start from Athens, you get an intercity bus to the largest city closest to your destination. And then you get a regional bus towards the closest town or village to your destination. Times must be figured out. After that you're on your own. If your destination is a trail or a national park or some other remote landscape or an uninhabited mountain and all that, you will have to either go on foot or fix an arrangement with a local driver and also agree very clearly on the terms of the time and location for the meeting for the return. Find a taxi driver who can communicate well in English and listen to them. If they say "no you shouldn't go from this side, you won't make it till sunset, that trail is too hard for your equipment / outfit, I can't bring the car from that road etc" listen to them. They know the place. Greek rescuing teams have to save annually at least like a dozen tourists being lost or injured in gorges and mountains so keep that in mind, if you are going alone. Listen to the locals. Now such a taxi driver can be found if your last stop is a town but it is not at all certain you'll find one if your last stop is a remote or small village. In such cases, the plan must be changed unless it's safe and doable to go on on foot. Several trails start from the villages, such as the ones in Zagorohoria which are stunning, so there's that. Furthermore, you have to always keep in mind that a taxi driver can't be stand-by for whenever you need to go to the hike place or whatever, so there's always the chance that you'll need to wait a few hours or something.

You can try and find taxi drivers from Athens to get you wherever you want. However, you might need two drivers for going and returning but in any case the cost is going to be A LOT and the communication and arrangement between you must be perfect and crystal clear.

Now, knock wood, something goes wrong and you find yourself in a place you don't know and even the maps can't help you navigate it. Here are some tips for safety:

Stay calm. Greece is a generally safe place. Even if you are inside a national woodland or something, big animals avoid the contact with humans. Poisonous animals are too few and you will 99% not stumble onto one. In the province you are also very safe regarding people. You're gonna be good.

As soon as you are convinced you can't find your way, call 112. It's the free EU emergency number. It will bring you to contact with police, hospitals, firefighters, rescuers etc

If the region seems pretty safe, the ground is steady, you are well equipped, the sun is still up, you are calm but just have trouble finding your way, and you know you are close to the sea, here's the trick: always head to the sea. It will certainly lead you to coastal towns or villages that are usually more cosmopolitan.

About the steady ground thing: if you can't find your way and you are on rocky ground, do not take risks. Stay put and call 112. Greek mountains may not be the Himalayas but they are usually very rocky, with sudden drops and steep paths that cause landslides all the time. Be very careful, don't make experiments. Call 112 and wait calmly.

Obviously have water, hat, glasses, sunscreen, healthy snacks and full battery on the phone. Also a warm jacket and an umbrella if you intend to be on a high altitude.

Avoid hitch-hiking. We do not have a hitch-hiking culture, people will likely not pick you up. A lonely truck driver might XD

ALWAYS have cash on you. Provincial areas still operate largely on cash. If you are gonna be out of town for more than a night, have a minimum of 100 euros cash for whatever may occur.

If you want your excursion to be one day and not stay overnight, I think that's the range you can travel to, starting early in the morning:

Anything beyond that range would be too exhausting or impossible within one day or you would't have the time to get a decent experience of what is available there before you'd have to go back to Athens.

Anyway that's all I guess. I am sure if you get an organized tour or do it on your own and take some basic precautions and are prepared, everything is gonna run smoothly and you're gonna have a great time! I had to scare you a little so that you won't underprepare, because A LOT of tourists do that and it is often what causes mishaps in their experience. They kinda have in mind that Greece is one city with a couple of islands next door and everything is connected with a wide clear super comprehensible straight highway and none of this applies in truth lol.

Hope that helped! Cheers!

Vikos-Aoos gorge. This one needs good planning and at least two days out of Athens.

damn the guys were right about the mountain goats after all

can someone who knows how to made edits make an edit of ineffable husbands to Say Don’t Go by Taylor Swift. pretty pretty please with a cherry on top🥺

its that time of year again

LET"S GOOOOO

So yeah, finally finished Cave Story; that's another "beloved indie game that I've been sleeping on" checked off the list.

Overall it was pretty fun and surprisingly more challenging than I was expecting. There were a few sections that were a bit frustrating but since it was a pretty short game no area overstayed its welcome. I do feel like the short length kinda hampers your ability to grow attached to any of the characters (just a bit), which kinda sucks since they do each have their charm.

The final boss, or rather bosses, were more brutal than I thought, mainly since I wasn't expecting three fights back-to-back with no save points in between (really wish there was a way to skip dialogue). Had to get good and learn to beat the first two bosses flawlessly (which actually isn't that bad I just wasn't patient).

I kinda spoiled myself slightly and found out that there are different endings and ways to save characters who died on my playthrough (RIP Booster and Curly 😞); I haven't actually spoiled myself on HOW to save everyone and get the different endings, so I'll probably do another playthrough at some point and try for the best ending.

One thing I was spoiled on was that I could've gotten a better booster if I DIDN'T go to help Booster in the labyrinth. That is such a dick move.