Opa!!!

Grandfather en Duetsch, oops in Greek!

Chris from came over for dinner in Bucharest, we watched the Michael Jackson memorial. I was shocked when he didn't pop out of the gold coffin and moonwalk. Chris was thrilled with the little Welsh boy who sang and talked about how Michael touched him. Sorry, couldn't resist.

The next morning, Chris missed his first two trains to Constanta and came back for his bag, breakfast, and a walk around the park and the old town which was under construction and not quite ready for visitors yet. I though it had more flavor that way.

He caught his 3rd train out, then Eric and I sat in the park and journalled. I wandered a bit and stumbled upon a group of old men playing chess. They looked shocked to see a female and a couple almost poked me to see if I was real. There should be a sign or something posted. Not that I would have been able to read it.

The flight to Athens went on without a problem and Eric and I took a taxi to the hotel. The driver was very nice and even gave Eric the CD playing in his car when Eric mentioned he liked it, but I made sure he knew I was aware of Zone 1 and Zone 2 and how much the taxi should cost. Basically, I was a tough bitch.

The hotel was luxurious and overlooked the Acropolis. We met the Riggs parentals for drink on the roof and basked in the view. The next day we explored the Acropolis and the new museum and the ruins of the Theatre of Dionysis. Dinner in a roof garden was fish (with the head, of course) and veggies. Chris from Palermo was in town, but we just missed each other. I would have liked more time in Athens, but the next day we caught a ferry to Mycanos, where we spent most the day switching hotels from a crazy-fancy resort on the water to one closer to town where all four of us could stay. (We were booked in two different hotels originally, a 45 minute cab drive apart) Layed out on the beach, then I scored a free Tolberone drink from the bartender, which he refilled for free as well and I thought I would just die from cream overload.

Today I fried myself on the beach with a couple Albanian guys, then met Alex, Tommy, and George from Wisconsin who are going out to Paradise tonight. I will see if I can get Eric to go out with me.

Tomorrow is Delos, the next day is back to Athens to catch a flight to Berlin, then to Hannover the next day (after a stop in Hessich) to catch a flight the next morning to Florida. Aye aye aye!