Aug 7th, 2009 at 10:30AM: digg_url = 'http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Drunk_Tourist_Got_His_Penis_Set_on_Fire_By_Greek_Woman'; Here is a story that is bound to make you think twice about harassing the locals when you are drunk.
When 20 year old Stuart Feltham tried to assault a 26 year old local girl on the Greek island of Crete, she first politely asked him to stop.
Like most people, she was not impressed by a drunk ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Drunk on vacation? Don't harass people, or someone will set fire to your penis!
Aug 7th, 2009 at 10:30AM: digg_url = 'http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Drunk_Tourist_Got_His_Penis_Set_on_Fire_By_Greek_Woman'; Here is a story that is bound to make you think twice about harassing the locals when you are drunk.
When 20 year old Stuart Feltham tried to assault a 26 year old local girl on the Greek island of Crete, she first politely asked him to stop.
Like most people, she was not impressed by a drunk ...Cross-dressing nuns get off in Crete
May 26th, 2009 at 6:00PM: Insult is added to industry when you appear in court wearing the clothes that got you arrested. The 17 Britsh men, ranging in age from 18 to 65, who were pinched for their drunken nun-attired escapades made their appearance this morning – and were judged innocent! Nobody, it seems, was willing to talk ... or, they just didn't think it was worth it to testify.
According to local police, the ...Drunk Brits get Crete arrest for nun prank
May 26th, 2009 at 8:00AM: How many people actually dress up as nuns when they get drunk?
In Crete, the answer was "17" recently. That's how many drunk British tourists were arrested for insulting the Catholic Church. After a bit of extra imbibing, they donned "nun attire and naughty lingerie," which didn't sit too well with the local cops.
The tourists were busted in Malia, which is a popular destination for the young, ...Man fakes his own death while surfing in Greece
Feb 6th, 2008 at 12:30PM: At first, it sounded like a great, simple idea. The husband pretends he is dead while the wife collects his life insurance. She will send him money periodically as he assumes new identity abroad. It almost happened that way, Czech press reports.
A Hungarian man, Zoltan Rex, and his wife were vacationing in Greece in 2001, when Zoltan "disappeared" while surfing. Of course, the wife and a few ...Photo of the Day (09/17/07)
Sep 17th, 2007 at 8:01AM:
Since I just made it back from Crete, I figured I would stick with the theme and pick a photo of Crete for today. This one from Falasarna, by Roman Virdi, particularly struck me.
I loved the variety of these roadside shrines they have everywhere in Crete. They are small, a little bigger than a US-sized mailbox. Some of them look like they have been done professionally, others look built and ...Greetings from Crete: Diving Like It's 2999
Sep 16th, 2007 at 10:10AM: If Crete is the first place you will ever dive, chances are you won't ever do it again...unless you like hanging out underwater, some 60 feet deep and in poor visibility, and seeing about ten fish an hour, that is.
If diving here is any indication of the state of fish in the Mediterranean, we should all be very, very scared. There are, for sure, more fish at an average all-inclusive hotel ...Greetings from Crete: What's Up with the Picture Menus?
Sep 14th, 2007 at 3:40PM: You have to wonder about the intelligence of Crete's tourists since virtually all the menus are not only in Greek and English, but also in pictures. These things are huge, too, usually taking up an entire entrance to a restaurant. Handy for all those people who prefer seeing a photo of a life-sized lobster before they eat it, I suppose. Or a picture of a Coke or a glass of wine, for that ...Greetings from Crete: Santorini Is Therapy for the Photographically-Challenged
Sep 13th, 2007 at 4:32PM: Seriously. If you want to boost your picture-taking self-esteem, head over to the Greek island of Santorini. I am convinced it is not possible to shoot a bad photo of this place, which is essentially a rim of a volcano. Even I was able to score a few good ones and I am a really impatient photographer.
The white buildings against the deep blue sea, the shocking cliffs, colorful fishing boats, ...Greetings from Crete: 4000-Year-Old Flush Toilet No Longer Flushing
Sep 13th, 2007 at 12:00PM: If you can handle waiting in line for tickets for more than an hour, you shall be rewarded: the largest and most famous Minoan palace, Knossos (just south of the city of Iraklion, on Crete) is well worth the trip. It's a Bronze-age palace excavated only in the last century, and holds many interesting features that still tell us relatively little about the Minoan culture or lives. It does reveal ...Greetings from Crete: Driving a Fiat Like It's a Ferrari
Sep 12th, 2007 at 4:30PM: Coming back to the hotel last night, we passed by a major traffic accident: a head-on collision involving several small cars. One was flipped over and crushed, and at least one other was completely destroyed. All in all, we counted six involved cars.
I've found that there are exactly three rules of the road to driving in Crete:
1) Ignore the speed limit
2) Ignore the double center line and pass ...Greetings from Crete: The Best of Myths
Sep 10th, 2007 at 2:55PM: Ok, so you first heard this myth as a kid: the great King Minos (of Crete) gets a beautiful white bull from the god Poseidon. He's supposed to sacrifice the bull, but decides he'd kind of like to keep it. And, unsurprisingly, it angers the god. Bad idea.
So the god makes Minos' wife fall in love with the bull. That's pretty rough. But, now, here's where it gets weird. Really, really weird. (But, ...If You Live in Crete, What Does That Make You?
Sep 8th, 2007 at 9:00AM: I am leaving for Crete today. A week of enjoying the sun, the culture and the great Greek food. Stay tuned!
Something has been on my mind though: is the word "cretin" related in any way to the inhabitants of Crete, the Cretans?
After some web research, this is what I have found about the word "cretin":
in the original sense: a Christian
Webster 1913: condition of endemic or inherited ...
