Second post in the same week. Pretty good huh?
Anywho, I'm excited to finally figure out a way to get pictures online. Picasa is a really cool program. Google's a pretty cool company I guess. The one bad thing is that playing around with it is taking up a lot of time. Which is bad b/c I'm actually starting to get school work.
I have two papers due on Monday. Kind of a bummer. One is about what Socrates' view of the soul is and the other is about Plato's idea of model living. Just shoot me now. I've been sitting here in the bookstore for a couple hours and didn't even start yet. I did find this cool bordersesque bookstore near the center of town. It's call eleyoepoythakhe. Can't read that can you? I can. It's in Greek. It's kinda cool b/c I'm pretty good at reading greek now. It used to look like an alien language, but now it only look like french or chinese. anywho, the bookstore has free internet, which all i basically wanted to say.
I'm really excited for my spring break. Egypt. It's gonna be awesome. I'm really excited for the pyrimids and to see a camel (although i did see one over the weekend, i think it'll be cooler if see it in egypt). Well two more papers and I'm done working for a while. I have spring break and then the next week i'll be in northern greece which should be cool.
I finally got around to going to the acropolis last sunday. not sure if i talked about it yet. but i was pretty cool. I think I'll see my first soccer game this sunday. Panathenikos and AEK. Both Athens teams. It should be a good game. I'll put pictures up.
Anywho, that's about it. later.
An update on my jeans, the hole is really big now. I don't think I can wear them anymore. Gonna have to buy a patch. Will keep you updated.
Friday, 29 February 2008
Saturday, 23 February 2008
Back from the Peloponese
Hey dudes,
I just got back from the second longest field trip of the semester. We spent five days in the Peloponese. It's the little island like thing that sticks out of Greece. We went to Nemea and Sparta the first day. Then we went to Pylos, then Olympia, then Patra and some other place I can't remember today.
Before that I wanna let you guys know about the things that happened right before the trip. I told you about that speech I gave on Acrocorinth (at least I think I did) and here's a picture of me on Acrocorinth (playing peekaboo).
Right before the trip there was a crazy snow storm. People told me that it's the most it's snowed here in a real long time. It was a bummer b/c I came to Greece to avoid this kind of weather. It was kinda a good reminders of home though. A little fun fact, Athens in is on the same longitude line as NYC. Crazy huh? I thought so. So I'm actually north of you guys in Philly. Here's a snow picture. By the way, that's the Olympic Stadium in Greece. I think they finished the marathon at the Athens Olympics there. I run there every so often. It's a dirt track (better for the knees) and you get really cool views of the city. It's pretty awesome (if you take away the running).
Anywho, I"m kinda tired, so I'll post again about the rest of the trip. I'll talk about Sparta. It was pretty cool. All the guys were really pumped up. Heard a lot of "This is Sparta's". The city's pretty small and it's really really pretty. Olive groves everywhere. It's really laid back there. It seems like a place a philosopher would hang out and not a crazy, jacked warrior dude. Go figure I guess. If you've seen 300, the olive trees in the movies are all over the town. like i said it's pretty small, but it was pretty cool to visit. Just being in Sparta made me feel pretty manly. Here are some pictures. One is of a bunch of us after playing ultimate freesbee on a field there. I'm the one posing like an O'Doyle from Happy Gilmore it was pretty cool. Ultimate frisbee in Sparta, kinda appropriate kinda... The other one is of the olive trees i kept rambling about.
PS I finally figured out Picsea or whatever and I'll post all my pictures..
PPS Happy day before your birthday Michelle, in case I don't post again tomorrow. 16. wow you can drive now almost. i'll give you a call.
later
I just got back from the second longest field trip of the semester. We spent five days in the Peloponese. It's the little island like thing that sticks out of Greece. We went to Nemea and Sparta the first day. Then we went to Pylos, then Olympia, then Patra and some other place I can't remember today.
Before that I wanna let you guys know about the things that happened right before the trip. I told you about that speech I gave on Acrocorinth (at least I think I did) and here's a picture of me on Acrocorinth (playing peekaboo).
Right before the trip there was a crazy snow storm. People told me that it's the most it's snowed here in a real long time. It was a bummer b/c I came to Greece to avoid this kind of weather. It was kinda a good reminders of home though. A little fun fact, Athens in is on the same longitude line as NYC. Crazy huh? I thought so. So I'm actually north of you guys in Philly. Here's a snow picture. By the way, that's the Olympic Stadium in Greece. I think they finished the marathon at the Athens Olympics there. I run there every so often. It's a dirt track (better for the knees) and you get really cool views of the city. It's pretty awesome (if you take away the running).
Anywho, I"m kinda tired, so I'll post again about the rest of the trip. I'll talk about Sparta. It was pretty cool. All the guys were really pumped up. Heard a lot of "This is Sparta's". The city's pretty small and it's really really pretty. Olive groves everywhere. It's really laid back there. It seems like a place a philosopher would hang out and not a crazy, jacked warrior dude. Go figure I guess. If you've seen 300, the olive trees in the movies are all over the town. like i said it's pretty small, but it was pretty cool to visit. Just being in Sparta made me feel pretty manly. Here are some pictures. One is of a bunch of us after playing ultimate freesbee on a field there. I'm the one posing like an O'Doyle from Happy Gilmore it was pretty cool. Ultimate frisbee in Sparta, kinda appropriate kinda... The other one is of the olive trees i kept rambling about.
PS I finally figured out Picsea or whatever and I'll post all my pictures..
PPS Happy day before your birthday Michelle, in case I don't post again tomorrow. 16. wow you can drive now almost. i'll give you a call.
later
Friday, 15 February 2008
it's been a while
i know i always say i'll post more, but this time i really mean. it's not really my fault this time. the internet i've been using at home kinda stopped working. i figure someone with stronger wireless card is stealing all of the internet and leaving none for me. anywho, i'm in an internet cafe right now. it's kinda cool. everyone is playing warcraft. i kinda want to start, but it's probably better i didn't. it's a good thing i'm really bad at video games.
but about greece. everything is going nicely. starting to get busy busy busy. lots of work and field trips. i went to corinth today. i gave a speech on acrocorinth. they call it that b/c it's a acropolis of corinth. kinda clever huh? i have pictures but didn't bring my camera with me. i'm trying to figure out how to put pictures online. someone was telling me about a free thing google has. do you know about it bob? if you do let me know. i'll try and figure it out.
last week we went to the argolid which was beautiful. henry miller wrote that he never knew the meaning of peace until he came here. i totally dig what he said. the sanctuary at epidarous was really really serene. it was kinda weird thinking that it's been a sacred place for over a thousand years. you kinda get that feeling of being small (but in a good way because you feel you're apart of something big) feeling there and at a lot of places around greece.
it's really really green with patches of grayish green (i think olive tree groves) in the argolid. really really pretty. i might get crayons and try to draw it for you tony. i'll send a letter. i've been meaning to, but i haven't gotten a chance to write home yet. i will soon. it's just that you mean to do a lot and then the days goes by and you don't do it. i will soon tho. get my act together.
anywho, we're going to sparta next week. i think i'm gonna get ready by doing push ups or something. it's gonna be fun. i'll take lots of pictures. i'll see you later.
p.s. congrats on the new job tony. i knew u'd be architecting in new york sooner or later.
but about greece. everything is going nicely. starting to get busy busy busy. lots of work and field trips. i went to corinth today. i gave a speech on acrocorinth. they call it that b/c it's a acropolis of corinth. kinda clever huh? i have pictures but didn't bring my camera with me. i'm trying to figure out how to put pictures online. someone was telling me about a free thing google has. do you know about it bob? if you do let me know. i'll try and figure it out.
last week we went to the argolid which was beautiful. henry miller wrote that he never knew the meaning of peace until he came here. i totally dig what he said. the sanctuary at epidarous was really really serene. it was kinda weird thinking that it's been a sacred place for over a thousand years. you kinda get that feeling of being small (but in a good way because you feel you're apart of something big) feeling there and at a lot of places around greece.
it's really really green with patches of grayish green (i think olive tree groves) in the argolid. really really pretty. i might get crayons and try to draw it for you tony. i'll send a letter. i've been meaning to, but i haven't gotten a chance to write home yet. i will soon. it's just that you mean to do a lot and then the days goes by and you don't do it. i will soon tho. get my act together.
anywho, we're going to sparta next week. i think i'm gonna get ready by doing push ups or something. it's gonna be fun. i'll take lots of pictures. i'll see you later.
p.s. congrats on the new job tony. i knew u'd be architecting in new york sooner or later.
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