Comments on: Our Big Fat Greek Blog http://rtw08.katieandtommy.com/2008/05/01/our-big-fat-greek-blog/ Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:25:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Katie http://rtw08.katieandtommy.com/2008/05/01/our-big-fat-greek-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Katie Tue, 06 May 2008 15:58:54 +0000 http://rtw08.katieandtommy.com/2008/05/01/our-big-fat-greek-blog/#comment-138 Hey Leslie, That's fun that you guys did a project on Greece! It was really amazing there, I think you would really like it. The Parthenon was beautiful. Unfortunately the big Athena statue was lost or destroyed over the years, but we got to see lots of others. A lot of the statues from the Parthenon are actually in the British Museum in London (and Greece wants them back). I want to see your Athena costume when I get home! And Menneke, The error we encountered was that the websites would only allow us to view ticket availability for dates four or five days in the future, when we wanted to book a ferry for a date only two days away. We tried several sites (www.greekferries.gr, www.ferries.gr, www.aneklines.com, and at least one other we don't recall) and always encountered the same error. If most of the sites are now using this new booking service, perhaps that was where the problem was--we may have been a bit hasty to blame the travel agencies! Hey Leslie,

That’s fun that you guys did a project on Greece! It was really amazing there, I think you would really like it. The Parthenon was beautiful. Unfortunately the big Athena statue was lost or destroyed over the years, but we got to see lots of others. A lot of the statues from the Parthenon are actually in the British Museum in London (and Greece wants them back). I want to see your Athena costume when I get home!

And Menneke,

The error we encountered was that the websites would only allow us to view ticket availability for dates four or five days in the future, when we wanted to book a ferry for a date only two days away. We tried several sites (www.greekferries.gr, http://www.ferries.gr, http://www.aneklines.com, and at least one other we don’t recall) and always encountered the same error. If most of the sites are now using this new booking service, perhaps that was where the problem was–we may have been a bit hasty to blame the travel agencies!

]]> By: menneke http://rtw08.katieandtommy.com/2008/05/01/our-big-fat-greek-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-137 menneke Mon, 05 May 2008 13:49:17 +0000 http://rtw08.katieandtommy.com/2008/05/01/our-big-fat-greek-blog/#comment-137 "A few years ago, a law was passed in Greece that forbade travel agencies from earning commission from the sale of ferry tickets. One of the many net results of this policy was the decline of the ferries’ websites. When we tried buying tickets over the computer, literally every company we tried gave us some error." I find it highly interesting that you would say that. I used to work on a greek ferry website from early 2003 till the end of 2006 and would very much like to know what kind or error(s) you encountered. Something that DID change in the last 2 years is that more and more of those websites rely on a booking service by www.forthcrs.gr, a spin-off of FORTHnet, which I have found lacking from the start. So the errors that you encountered might not be caused by the websites themselves, but by the deplorable FORTHcrs service. “A few years ago, a law was passed in Greece that forbade travel agencies from earning commission from the sale of ferry tickets. One of the many net results of this policy was the decline of the ferries’ websites. When we tried buying tickets over the computer, literally every company we tried gave us some error.”

I find it highly interesting that you would say that. I used to work on a greek ferry website from early 2003 till the end of 2006 and would very much like to know what kind or error(s) you encountered. Something that DID change in the last 2 years is that more and more of those websites rely on a booking service by http://www.forthcrs.gr, a spin-off of FORTHnet, which I have found lacking from the start. So the errors that you encountered might not be caused by the websites themselves, but by the deplorable FORTHcrs service.

]]> By: Lesley Twiner http://rtw08.katieandtommy.com/2008/05/01/our-big-fat-greek-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Lesley Twiner Sun, 04 May 2008 20:43:21 +0000 http://rtw08.katieandtommy.com/2008/05/01/our-big-fat-greek-blog/#comment-136 I just did a school project on greece and we had to serve food to fifth graders. One of the rhings we served were the spinach pies (they were very good). did you see the statue of Athena in the parthanon? I dressed up as her. She kinda wierd looking but she has a lot of importance in ancient greek mythology. It must have been amazing to see everything when you get back tell me all about it. I just did a school project on greece and we had to serve food to fifth graders. One of the rhings we served were the spinach pies (they were very good). did you see the statue of Athena in the parthanon? I dressed up as her. She kinda wierd looking but she has a lot of importance in ancient greek mythology. It must have been amazing to see everything when you get back tell me all about it.

]]> By: Kristen Miller http://rtw08.katieandtommy.com/2008/05/01/our-big-fat-greek-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Kristen Miller Thu, 01 May 2008 19:54:32 +0000 http://rtw08.katieandtommy.com/2008/05/01/our-big-fat-greek-blog/#comment-132 Yay...Turkey! Drink some apple tea for me. My advice would be to steer clear of the Raki but whatever floats your boat. ;) Yay…Turkey! Drink some apple tea for me.

My advice would be to steer clear of the Raki but whatever floats your boat. ;)

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