Singing the greek birthday song for the lovely birthday girl Susan, member of our group.
Happy birthday girl!!!
(I surely love my jib!) 😁
Odysseys Unlimited
Ohi Day
Today is a big celebration in Greece. Even when we are working we honour the bravery of our ancestors in times it was needed. Today we place our national flag everywhere.
Ohi Day 'Anniversary of the No' is celebrated throughout Greece, Cyprus and the Greek communities around the world on 28 October each year. Ohi Day commemorates the rejection by the Greek dictator Ioannis Metaxas of the ultimatum made by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini on 28 October 1940 and the subsequent Hellenic counterattack against the invading Italian forces at the mountains of Pindus during the Greco-Italian War and Greek resistance during the Axis occupation.
Shortly after 03:00 am on 28 October 1940, the Italian ambassador to Greece, Emanuele Grazzi, came from a party in the Italian embassy in Athens and visited Metaxas. He presented Metaxas with an ultimatum: allow Axis forces to enter Greek territory and occupy certain unspecified "strategic locations" or otherwise face war. Metaxas allegedly answered with a single laconic word: όχι (No!). However, his actual reply was, “Alors, c’est la guerre!” (Then it is war!).
In response to Metaxas's refusal, Italian troops stationed in Albania, then an Italian protectorate, attacked the Greek border at 05:30 am – the beginning of Greece's participation in World War II.
On the morning of 28 October, the Greek population took to the streets, irrespective of political affiliation, shouting 'ohi'. From 1942, it was celebrated as Ohi Day, first mostly among the members of the resistance and after the war by all the Greeks.
When a trip is coming to its end....take care my beautiful people!
Traveling in Greece in October! Fall is here!
Από τις ομορφότερες στιγμές του πολυήμερου τουρ είναι όταν το γκρουπ θέλει να συμμετάσχει ενεργά σε δραστηριότητες, όπως την παρασκευή μυζηθρόπιτας!
Φυσικά πού αλλού, στον συνεταιρισμό γυναικών Κριτσάς Κρήτης.
Περιφορά της εικόνας του Αγίου Δημητρίου Λουμπαρδιάρη.
Επιτέλους....άφιξη στο ξενοδοχείο και ξεκούραση...!
When the travelers truly want to feel as locals.....
Greek dance lesson...🤩