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Disappointed but not regrettable

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Staring out the window from a bus or a train while I’m taking a road trip and viewing the unknown scenes is one of those moments where I cannot be disturbed.  I’d never know what phenomenal scene I could be missing.  Passing by the mountains in various hues created by the sunlight situated in the [...]

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An American eating Domino’s Pizza in Greece

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

Vivie said to me, “We’re going to have Domino’s Pizza at a friend’s tonight for dinner.” “I think I’m going to tweet tonight, ‘An AMERICAN is eating Domino’s Pizza in Greece!’” “Huh?!” Vivie looked completely perplexed. “Domino’s Pizza is an AMERICAN pizza!” I said. “I didn’t know that!” I was certainly complaining about having to [...]

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A Symbol of the Inefficient Government

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

One night, as I was strolling in the city of Thessaloniki where the city was well lit by lights that consisted of small little light bulbs lining next to each other creating shapes of stars and snowflakes, I said to Vivie, a friend of mine in Greece, “It’s hard to believe that Christmas decorations are [...]

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Completing the Puzzle

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

A year ago, I was at the British Museum in London where I saw artifacts from the Parthenon.  In the past four years, I’ve seen a handful of Greek pottery at the Louvre.  I also spent a good few class sessions in Survey of Western Art History at my university learning about ancient Greek art.  [...]

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Enjoy the moment to see the country

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

“We can take a night train to Athens,” said my friend. “No, I prefer to go during the day so that I can see the country out the window,” I said. While I understand that night trains can shed some bucks on travel expenses as it takes away one night in the hotel, trains are [...]

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