MacDonalds Skiathos

On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 01:44:04 +0300, Timppa
<jokinen_nospam_timo DeleteThis @kolumbus.fi.invalid> wrote:
>
>Who needs those MacD:s in Greece where you can get very
>tasty and healty food every where?
>Greek kitchen is propably healties in the whole world.
>(Based traditional recipes, fresh olive oil and vegetables)

Well, yes, but unfortunately Greeks (especially the younger
generation) don't eat traditional Greek food. The pressures of life
are forcing more and more of them to opt for fast food. Not only
McDonald's, but other fast food chains like Goody's, are ubiquitous in
Greece.

Fast food is but one of many threats to longevity and quality of life
in Greece. Other factors are near-universal smoking, suicidal driving
habits, urban congestion, poor medical care (for most people), and an
institutionally bankrupt educational system. The smart and savvy
Greeks emigrate. Their places are being taken by Third-World illegal
immigrants, and hordes of unknowing tourists.
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Not looking to eat there myself - don't like burgers and don't
understand why anyone does (they always smell so rancid). I'm just
interested is they survived on a Greek island. It seemed such a strange
coupling.
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thedoc wrote:
> I heard there is no more MacDonalds in Skiathos. Anyone confirm this?

Yes, I returned from Skiathos last week. I can confirm that McDoanld's
wasn't there. At least, it was never open, but it has not been taken
over by anything else. The blinds were permanently down, but there is a
McDonalds' sign on the edge of the blinds so you can see where it was.

Hurray!!!

There are plenty of tavernas etc. where you can get great food and
quite a few snack food places of various descriptions including a
creperie which is open 24 hours.

Greecemad
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Glad to see Big Mac go belly up. Sounded so weird - like finding a
British pub there - oh sorry, that's Corfu isn't it? What is it with
the British that they feel they have to take their kitchen sinks with
them - even a made-in-the-USA sink?
I recall sitting in a taverna on Rhodes once and a family from South
Wales parked themselves on the next table.
One said to the waiter in that nasal defeating South Wales twang: 'We
just stepped off the plane see? And starvin' we are? So four steak an'
chips and make it snappy will you. Plenty of brown sauce too - if
you've got any in this bloody country that is.'
I felt a deep surge of inner pride at hailing from these fair British
isles.
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Well, one of the ideas of travelling and exploring other countries and
cultures is to avoid things and routines which you normally get where you
live and work, isn´t it ?

Why should one look for a thing such McDonald´s on a place like Skiathos (or
any other island in Greece) when the country is loaded with such nice
foodculture as it actually is ?

I don´t quiet understand this question because even though I sometimes enjoy
a hamburger and some french fries, I just can´t imagine eating something
like that when getting the opportunity to visit any place in any country
outside where I live ?

But the question is free to ask, and the answer the same.


Cheers



Hans, Sweden (going to Skiathos in July)





"thedoc" <mikejmason DeleteThis @dsl.pipex.com> skrev i meddelandet
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>I heard there is no more MacDonalds in Skiathos. Anyone confirm this?
>
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"thedoc" <mikejmason DeleteThis @dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
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> Not looking to eat there myself - don't like burgers and don't
> understand why anyone does (they always smell so rancid). I'm just
> interested is they survived on a Greek island. It seemed such a strange
> coupling.
>

There is a Goody's on Paros. When I lived there I would very occasionally
get a craving for fast slop, and there it was, great!

Stuart Hudson
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hudson wrote:
> "thedoc" <mikejmason RemoveThis @dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > Not looking to eat there myself - don't like burgers and don't
> > understand why anyone does (they always smell so rancid). I'm just
> > interested is they survived on a Greek island. It seemed such a strange
> > coupling.
> >
>
> There is a Goody's on Paros. When I lived there I would very occasionally
> get a craving for fast slop, and there it was, great!
>
> Stuart Hudson

There's a Goody's on Naxos too. And one on every Blue Star ferry.
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