Greece again
Arrived in the town of Pylos during a national holiday and couldn't find anywhere to stay. Finally, I was collared by an old beggar woman in the street, who led me up through twisty lanes to the last available room in the town.

Perhaps 'room' is a little ambitious, in the sense that a room normally has such luxuries as a ceiling or walls. Nor did it have the traditional facilities of a basin, carpet, furniture, door and lighting.

It was a saggy and dust-covered mattress tossed into the concrete shell of an incomplete building. And she wanted me to pay the standard room rate for an actual room. I turned her down and eventually spent the night in a cellar that stank of fish and vibrated with every passing car.

Travelling was fun for a while. Now I'd really rather stay at home with a paper and a cuppa.
(frankspencer, Tue 22 Jan 2008, 11:34, 3 replies)

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Frank? There's porn missing from this story, did you know?
(Jugular, Tue 22 Jan 2008, 13:19, closed)

Me too...
As another post script to my de-flowered by Mandy post, one of the places we stayed in was also incomplete. I later found out this was some sort of tax dodge: relief on properties being improved or some such, hence all the buildings with bare concrete 2nd floors. I wasn't complaining though...it was there that I was introduced to the fine art of cunnilungus. Yep, what a couple of weeks.
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Tue 22 Jan 2008, 14:55, closed)

Che...
It is common in Greece for properties to be incomplete, as once they are you have to pay tax on the building. So often you'll find that a window is missing, or a roof.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 22 Jan 2008, 15:39, closed)