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Greece, travel, guideThis site is sort of a journal of my travels or even a journal of when I am not traveling but have nothing better to do. One problem is with my life these days is that I have so many e-mails to answer that keeping any kind of journal is difficult because after answering fifity e-mails asking about ferry schedules, which island is 'better'?, where to eat, who to trust and so on, the last thing I want to do is pour out my innermost thoughts for travelers to read. Usually I just want to take a swim or get a drink or try to find where my family has wandered off to while I was staring at my laptop. But the truth is that when I am traveling in Greece a lot of little things do happen that make interesting reading and that if I don't write them down are often forgotten until I am somehow reminded of them and am nowhere near a computer and then they are forgotten again. So I have organized these writings by the date and the places they cover. Hopefully you will find them useful or at least enjoyable.

September 2006
North Carolina
Writing about Greece
is Therapy

June 24 2007
Kea, Greece
Inconvenient Truth
and Aglaia Kremezi

June 30 2007
Syros, Greece
Heat wave too

July 4 2007
Tinos, Greece
Porto Raphael Hotel

July 6 2007
Mykonos Greece
Nose Piercing

July 16 2007
Lesvos, Greece
Sheep, cheese, trachana
and Greek politicians

July 21 2007
Vatousa, Lesvos
Village life and top 10
Lesvos restaurants

July 24 2007
Molyvos, Lesvos
Stephen's Turkey Trip

July 26 2007
At Sea
Worst ship in
the world?

July 29 2007
Chios
, Greece
Mesta, Emborio

August 4 2007
Kea, Greece
From Athens to Kea

August 12 2007
Kea, Greece
Platia Dellapizza

August 23 2007
Athens, Greece
King George Hotel

August 27 2007
North Carolina
The Fires

August 28 2007
North Carolina
The Fires

August 29 2007
North Carolina
The Fires

August 31 2007
North Carolina
The Fires

September 2nd 2007
North Carolina
The Fires

September 21 2007
North Carolina
Greek Elections

October 15 2007
North Carolina
Britannic

November 13 2007
North Carolina
Chios and Tinos Sites

December 14 2007
North Carolina
Computer problems and
NY Greek restaurants

January 25 2008
North Carolina
Christmas and New
Years in Greece

February 15 2008
North Carolina
All My Friends
from Greece Video

February 18 2008
North Carolina
Snow in Athens

February 20 2008
North Carolina
The Greek-American
Curse

April 17 2008
North Carolina
Athens Obama Rally

April 19 2008
North Carolina
Athens Obama Rally

May 28 2008
North Carolina
Talkin Baseball

June 3 2008
North Carolina
Greece is Hell?

June 4 2008
North Carolina
Greek Language Difficulties

June 15 2008
Athens, Greece
Flight to Athens

June 23 2008
Kea, Greece
Swimming,
DSL problems etc

July 3 2008
Kea, Greece
Red Tractor Farms,
George the Taxi Driver,
Undersea photography

July 9 2008
At Sea
From Thessaloniki
to Lesvos

July 11 2008
Xidera, Lesvos
Karpenissi, Trikala, Meteora

July 12 2008
Xidera, Lesvos
Meteora to
Thessaloniki

July 13 2008
Xidera, Lesvos
Halkidiki and
Thessaloniki

July 15 2008
Xidera, Lesvos
Skala Eressos
vs Xidera

July 17 2008
Xidera, Lesvos
Life in remote
island villages

July 18 2008
Athens, Greece
Lesvos to Sifnos (almost)

July 21 2008
Sifnos, Greece
On Loving Greece

July 22 2008
Sifnos, Greece

July 23 2008
Serifos, Greece

July 24 2008
Kythnos, Greece

August 1 2008
Kea, Greece
Barbarians at the Gates

August 3 2008
Kea, Greece
The Complainer

August 10 2008
Kea, Greece
Doujan Zammit and
Greek Tourism

August 11 2008
Kea, Greece
Olympics

August 17 2008
Kea, Greece
Kea Panagiri

August 26 2008
Athens, Greece
Moving to Psyhico
and Prostitutes

September 1 2008
Athens, Greece
Athens Mall

September 4 2008
Athens, Greece
ACS Orientation and
local ouzerie

September 7 2008
Athens, Greece
Schinias and Salamina

September 14 2008
Athens, Greece
Kea and apartment
problems

September 16 2008
Athens, Greece
Pakistanis

September 17 2008
Athens, Greece
Psyhico

September 22 2008
Athens, Greece
Rain and Economic Crisis

September 24 2008
Athens, Greece
Travel Insurance

September 25 2008
Athens, Greece
Sarah Palin

September 26 2008
Athens, Greece
Goudi

September 27 2008
Athens, Greece
Athens News Closing

September 28 2008
Athens, Greece
Madonna, West Side Story
and Back to School Night

September 30 2008
Athens, Greece
Athens News Petition

October 1 2008
Athens, Greece
Brigitte Bakko
and Screwdrivers

October 2 2008
Athens, Greece
Life in Athens

October 6 2008
Athens, Greece
REM

October 7 2008
Athens, Greece
Kifissia, ACS Cruise,
Flisvos Marina

October 9 2008
Athens, Greece
Diakofto, Peloponessos

October 10 2008
Athens, Greece
Microlimano and eating
fish in Pireaus

October 14 2008
Athens, Greece
Anavissos, Porto Rafti, Rafina,
Schinas, Marathon

October 21 2008
Athens, Greece
Mount Parnitha, Oropos,
the Debates, Kea

October 23 2008
Athens, Greece
Automated Booking Sites,
Ambushed in Psyhico

October 23 2008
Athens, Greece
Letter from Hungary

October 28 2008
Athens, Greece
Ochi Day

October 29 2008
Athens, Greece
Kyparissi, Geraki
and Kosmas

October 30 2008
Athens, Greece
The McCain-Palin Strategy

November 4 2008
Athens, Greece
Election Night (morning)

November 19 2008
Athens, Greece
Baseball Players Wanted

November 23 2008
Athens, Greece
Going to Paris,
3 great Athens hangouts

December 2 2008
Athens, Greece
Party on Friday!

December 3 2008
Athens, Greece
Paris Trip

December 5 2008
Athens, Greece
Paris Trip Continued

December 8 2008
Athens, Greece
'Riots' in Athens

December 10 2008
Athens, Greece
'Riots' in Athens

December 12 2008
Athens, Greece
Mythology of Nov 17th

December 14 2008
Athens, Greece
Back in Psiri and Kypseli

January 1 2009
Carrboro, NC
Happy New Year

January 12 2009
Athens, Greece

Back Home

January 13 2009
Athens, Greece

Inside the Parthenon!

January 25 2009
Athens, Greece

Obama, Tavernas, Bars
and Rashidi Graffiti

January 26 2009
Athens, Greece

Don't Be Afraid

January 29 2009
Athens, Greece

Panellinios and the
Search for Meaning

February 5 2009
Athens, Greece

"Athens is a Paradise"

February 19 2009
Athens, Greece

Athens Wine Festival

March 3 2009
Athens, Greece

Apokreas and Ketheri Deftera

March 11 2009
Athens, Greece

Cricket, Pahi, Megara and Strofi

March 12 2009
Athens, Greece

Gida and Cat Stevens

March 16 2009
Athens, Greece

Megapanos Wines, Kainari and Klimataria Restaurants

March 17 2009
Athens, Greece

Marathon, Schinia and Sotiria Leonardou

March 18 2009
Athens, Greece

Cheap Flights to Greece!

March 20 2009
Athens, Greece

Hemingway, Athens, Paris and the Polish Guy

March 24 2009
Athens, Greece

Greek Politicks for Dummies

March 25 2009
Athens, Greece

Happy Independence Day!

March 28 2009
Athens, Greece

A Letter from Ross Daly

April 5th 2009
Chania, Crete

A Week in Western Crete

April 23 2009
Athens, Greece

Jamie Oliver

April 26 2009
Athens, Greece

Benaki Exhibit

April 28 2009
Athens, Greece

Meteora Video

May 4 2009
Athens, Greece

Creative Writing Workshop

May 22 2009
Athens, Greece

Porto Germanos, Ancient Egosthena, Amfiarion

May 23 2009
Athens, Greece

The Road to Agios Konstantinos

June 5 2009
Kea, Greece

Moms, Rough Guide
and Rotten Fish

June 14 2009
Athens, Greece

Pickpockets in Athens

June 20 2009
Athens, Greece

Schools Out- Leonidio, Nafplio and Ancient Nemea

June 21 2009
Athens, Greece

Acropolis Museum Opens

July 14 2009
Lesvos, Greece

Syros, Lesvos and
Tripadvisor Extortionists