A Week in Diaporos

Diary Entry

Dear diary,

It is the third day we are spending in Greece. Here in Vourvourou (in Khalkidhiki peninsula), the green mountains combines in a spectacular way with the diamond blue sea.

Today is a big day. We are going to ride a boat and visit the wonderful island near our resort. I heard that is a special place. And my father will ride by himself a boat. I can’t wait.

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There was more than I expected. I felt extraordinary. I had such a feeling of freedom and happiness when the boat was flying over the waves. When the boat was running very fast, I laugh with all my soul and heart. Really, I never felt so happy in my life. People usually don’t realize that they are happy in that moment, but looking retrospectively. But for me in those moments the happiness was palpable. I was happy and I knew it. The beauty of the landscapes was completing that amazing state. I felt like I was in Haven. I wished it would never finish!

And some other extraordinary feeling was to jump over the boat in to the deep crystal clear water.

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I can’t say how beautiful it is to swim between colorful algae and fishes of all shapes and sizes. Here, if you make snorkeling, you can discover sea urchins (avoid them) and the amazing underwater world.    

Fast Food Restaurants

Today many people eat from this kind of restaurants.

Unfortunately, this can be extremely harmful.

First, the food is extremely unhealthy.

It contains a lot of processed aliments, rich in carbohydrates, calories and fats. That’s why most of the people who use to eat in this kind of restaurants, gain weight. For example in USA, where the rate of obesity it’s very high this is in a big proportion because of this habit of eating in fast foods.

Some people say that the ingredients in this food are horrible like lefts from animals (skin, fat, cartilages, low quality meat etc).

Furthermore the food is not fresh. It’s prepared a long time ago, frozen and is only heated on site.

Moreover it creates addiction, but I don’t know why (at least, this happens to me). The more I eat the more I want it.

Anyway it offers some advantages.

Firstly you can have the food from the moment you’ve ordered it in 1-3 minutes, while in a restaurant, where the food is freshly prepared it would take 20-30 minutes.

In addition is cheaper, almost every one can buy from here.

Plus the fact that you can find them everywhere. You don’t have to walk a lot in order to find one.

You don’t need a reservation. You can go there any time you want.

Nowadays, when we have less and less time to spend with cooking, buying fresh food, staying home, eating at fast food restaurants is a convenient alternative. But fast food can be harmful if you don’t eat it with moderation. In my opinion is better if we don’t go there very often.