GREECE FEATURE
August 1st, 2005
BY DAVID HAWORTHA FEW recent days on the edge of the Saronic Sea, due West of Athens, is all that was needed to renew the conviction Greece is the European Union's most sumptuous cliché.In this, the country is abundant. As nowhere else, and all the time, colours and light are in harmonious competition. Greek waters are bluer than a postcard's, the peaks more serrated than a child's drawing; villages remain romantically dilapidated, and sharply painted fishing boats seem playthings rather than someone's livelihood.The qualities of this physical environment -- ...
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