The Greek city of Kalamata could quite rightfully be called Calamity that day.
When the bus gets a flat tire in the main intersection of town, everyone needs to find an alternate method of transportation. Even the bus driver is gone, leaving his tools on the ground as he most likely is looking for help. That would be quite a heavy tire to change, assuming he had a spare to put on there.
The coffee store roasts the coffee right there in the front of the store, but I don’t think they serve coffee. They just sell the beans. Next to the yellow Pepsi crate, is the container of coffee beans that looks like the top part of an old-fashioned washtub. That tub full of beans is heated from underneath to roast the beans while some mechanical arms constantly turn and stir them so they don’t burn. The smell is delicious.
I wonder if the bus driver will get a cup of coffee nearby while he waits for help with his flat tire.
K is for Kalamity. Oops! No, I mean Kalamata where the olives for your Greek salad are grown.


December 11, 2024 at 12:34 am
I think I prefer Kalamata to kalamity! A good olive is a wonderful thing. 😊
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December 11, 2024 at 9:59 am
I do too. We had a Kalamity another time when we had to get the front tie rod repaired on our camper van. I had moved over to make room for another vehicle on a small “road” to our camping spot, and brushed against a rock disguised as a shrub. Good thing we had help to do a temporary fix to get us to Kalamata for a proper repair. It’s a Kalamity place, all right.
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December 11, 2024 at 3:27 pm
It can be so irritating when these things happen during a trip!
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December 11, 2024 at 8:42 pm
Understatement of the year.
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December 11, 2024 at 3:28 am
The olives were the first thing that came to mind, although I must say the smell of roasting coffee is just as appealing. Flat tires? Not appealing at all.
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December 11, 2024 at 6:03 am
Hard to beat a good Kalamata. Perhaps Kalamata can overcome the Kalamity. Happy Wednesday Anneli. allan
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December 11, 2024 at 9:54 am
Yes, wonderful olives.
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December 11, 2024 at 6:40 am
Great choice for the letter K 😊
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December 11, 2024 at 9:54 am
Thanks, Belinda. We had a great time touring Greece in our camper van, but that was decades ago. Wouldn’t do that now, so I’m glad we did it then.
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December 11, 2024 at 7:40 am
I am so glad that your post on the letter K did not turn into a Kalamity. Haha!
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December 11, 2024 at 8:12 am
I was wondering how the K will turn out. It looks like you didn´t have a problem at all with it. I love the little story, charming!
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December 12, 2024 at 8:45 am
Sorry I missed your comment, Ursula. You’re right. I had to think about K.
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December 11, 2024 at 8:22 am
I hope the driver raised the tire off the ground before removing the lug nuts!
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December 12, 2024 at 8:45 am
I hope so too! I’m sure he just went for help and they would know what to do.
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December 12, 2024 at 9:26 am
Hopefully!
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December 11, 2024 at 8:47 am
I wish you’d included the coffee smell. I’m up for that this morning.
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December 11, 2024 at 9:53 am
Oh, if I could only do that!
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December 11, 2024 at 1:07 pm
When I first saw the title to this one, I thought it said, Kamala. Yikes! 😆 I much prefer Kalamata. I love Greek olives. Have you ever had the large Greek green olives? Those are my fave.
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December 11, 2024 at 1:39 pm
Yes, I have. They’re all good. I had to LOL when I saw this comment. I wouldn’t waste the blog storage space on unohoo.
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December 11, 2024 at 1:48 pm
😆
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December 12, 2024 at 7:42 pm
Look at that grinder! The history there! 🤩
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December 12, 2024 at 9:25 pm
Quite the relic.
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