Parliament will vote for our economic destruction whether we watch or not and then the MPs will all go for summer holidays to their villas on Myconos.
I look at the weather forecast now and again, heaven knows why. Every day will be hot, hot and hotter till September.
However, always there is a 'however'. I have been aware of a few events.
We welcomed Pope Francis, we saw Putin close up. Latest big-wig to visit was Head of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon. He visited refugees on the island of Lesvos. The UN Refugee Agency says one in 122 persons are now a refugee or seeking asylum. Incredible.
Archeology -
Tablets were found in an ancient grave near Athens engraved with curses aimed at four tavern keepers. A drunk kicked out for making mayhem? Five tablets were found pierced with an iron nail and asking the underworld Gods to 'put the plague' on those named. Hubble, bubble, toil and trouble.
The above quote is of course from Shakespeare's MacBeth. And I decided to check it online. The quote is wrong. It is -
Double, double toil and trouble
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
I'm always learning.
A partly sunken port has been found in Piraeus harbour. These ruins, lying in heavily polluted waters, played a vital role in the Battle of Salamis in which the Athenian fleet beat the Persians and saved the city of Athens. 2,500 year old naval bases and fortifications have been identified, showing just how great was the Athenian Navy back then. Archeologists seem to think these finds are as important as the Parthenon.
Matala Festival - Matala is a small town in Crete where hippies gathered in the 60's and 70's living in caves carved out of the rock. It was a sleepy fishing village till the hippies congregated there and is now a modern tourist attraction. This modern festival took place on the beach near the caves. As of old the music and dancing continued for days.
Joni Mitchell, the Canadian folk singer wrote her 1971 song 'Carey' about her time with the Matala hippies.
And Br-exit. I'm beginning to wish there had been a Gr-exit when we were first threatened. We might be on our way out of this mess by now.
It's the same everywhere. Politicians do whatever they want. Don't care as it won't affect them and then go away and never give the people a second thought. Here down under the weather has been icy cold. You would think the gods would get their act together and it would be lovely weather everywhere all the time lol
ReplyDeletePoliticians live in their own world. Have no idea how the man on the street survives!! As for the weather...a month ago it was perfect. Warm with a bit of rain. Every summer I vow I'll find a way to disappear to the mountains for July and August!!
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