>>>>Srdjan. that was a funny story! and I can just imagine the scene as if in a movie, a bit like the film "Mediterraneo" :-)
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>>>Remind me, was it that old movie by Paul Mazursky when Italians get stuck on greek island during WW2 ?
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>>Sure was! A lovely film
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>That was looong long time ago, strange that you remember it!
>That was funny, somewhat nadrealistic movie.
>I cannot remember details except for that character 'Kalibanos' chasing goats :))

I just remember it for the sheer feel-good factor and the delightful storyline, the photography, the quality of the light that we just don't get in this country. And it doesn't seem so long ago - late 80s?

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>But Greek islands are still like that, more modern of course (and no chasing goats!) but when you go there you feel like time stopped.
>My wife went last year to Kefalonia/Greece (her parents are from there) and she was mesmerised! She wants us to go live there!
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>FYI story I told happened in (former) Yugoslavia.

I'd assumed that you were talking about a scene in Cyprus. That's what engendered the vision of the Greek islands.