Lufthansa provide the following helpful information for passengers affected by the 22-25 February strike action :

Information on the Lufthansa pilot strike

Due to a strike which has been announced by the pilots’ union “Vereinigung Cockpit” (VC) between 22 and 25 February 2010, Lufthansa is expecting disturbances to flight operations.

Lufthansa regrets any inconvenience to Lufthansa passengers caused by possible strike action and will do its utmost to reduce the impact for travellers. If you have booked a Lufthansa Flight between 22 and 25 February 2010, but prefer to change your travel plans, Lufthansa offers one free of charge rebooking to another Lufthansa flight before 31 May 2010 under the condition that origin and destination remain unchanged and the ticket has been issued before 18 February 2010.

You may reach your Lufthansa team in Athens at 210 6175200. Lufthansa has also implemented a toll free number for calls within Germany: 0800 / 8 50 60 70.

You can also find out more details on the Lufthansa.com site, which well be constantly updated.

We”re enjoying a bright but hazy, hot summer day with a temperature of 27 degrees (celsius) today.

Forecast is for more fun hot summer weather over the next few days.

The price is a dusty sky, hazy as a half-baked cake, but it’s worth it!

Steven Kolpan has writtten an informative and most useful article on Greek wines at Salon.com

“Greek Wines ditch their tragic past” read it > http://www.salon.com/food/2010/01/28/kolpan_greek_wine_ext2010/print.html

We had high hopes for sea plane services in many parts of Greece.

Since the demise of AirSeaLines last year we have only Argos Airways trying hard to provide a service from Volos to Thessaloniki and to Skiathos.

Greece is ripe for sea planes – come on down contenders !

But those creating sea plane services in Greece need a titanium clad business resolve to thrive in the country\’s anti-progress and oft corrupt socio-political climate. At least great resolve and a strong stomach to wade through the maze of incompetent administrative bodies sucha project involves.