Never expect plans…
Never expect to know where you will be this afternoon, let alone tomorrow or next week. If you do, you’re likely setting yourself up for disappointment. Because whatever you THINK…
In the shade…
Took a walk around the historical stuff again today. Acropolis, the agoras… …so many of the old stories that I was told come flooding back. Its really true: you remember…
Two peas in a pod…
…or two grapes on a vine, if you will. Or two dogs in a window surrounded by grapes on a vine. I mean, its all Athens. For a short time…
To be home again…
…yet I am thousands of miles away. But to me, this feels very much like “home.” Somehow, Greece feels just as much of “home” as my University back in Arkansas…
“Well, here we go…”
** ORIGINAL POST: 5 May 2008 ** On April 26, we departed Harding University’s Artemis Hotel… …to fly out of the ATH for my 8th and final time this semester……
The close of a few…
And so it is… the end of my stay in Greece. Since January 15 I have lived in the small Athens suburb of Porto Rafti. You’ve seen me travel…
I’m outta here… where to?
** ORIGINAL POST: 27 Feb 2008 ** The past few days have been ridiculous – projects and tests… one after another… My last one is at 8:30pm (Athens time) today.…
A day for love… and not for public demonstrations…
** ORIGINAL POST: 16 Feb 2008 ** So, I honestly did not know what to expect the day after massive strikes and demonstrations by the public transportation workers in Athens,…
An average day…
** ORIGINAL POST: 28 Jan 2008 ** Still in Athens… …until tomorrow… Tomorrow – at 10:45 – we depart for Cairo, Egypt. But, yesterday… was yet another beautiful day in…
Observing being a non-observer…
** ORIGINALLY POSTED: 22 Jan 2008 ** Well, today’s post contains a bit of a sad story, so look if you must, but if your day has been good… don’t…
The first few days…
** ORIGINALLY POSTED: 19 Jan 2008 ** Porto Rafti, a suburb of Athens, Greece, is now where I reside. If you want to look it up on Google Earth, you…