The Alassia Hotel Athens

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... because there was still these pops going on. Immediately, my eyes started to water and the air smelled foul. I quickly closed the doors and waited for the tear gas to clear. Before the police actually used tear gas, there was alot of noise outside, most of which just sounded like drunken singing.

I was talking to the woman I live with yesterday and she was telling me that she's not afraid of the anarchists. It's the police she's scared of ...

... and the cafe was a family business that she has worked in all her life. It was really popular with the local old men who used to enjoy sitting drinking tea while watching the world go by. There was this creepy American waiter who worked there. He was as camp a guy as I've ever seen and was always on the hunt for new meat to seduce. One night we met these young crew of friends from somewhere in England, the real private school boy and girl types. You know the ones; the boys played ...

... me for a tour of the club & invited me to stay for lunch. I had Tzatziki, a Greek salad, prawns in a delicious tomato sauce and of course, Ouzo, a licorice-flavored drink. I met a Greek man & his 6 yr. old son at the club. He owns a cargo shipping company & it was fun discussing boats, shipping & travel. Greeks can't stand not sharing their food & he had the waiter give me some of his entree, grilled ...

... more than an hour. I only had 15 minutes to get to my other flight when we landed and i ran most of the way, it was like that scene in the first episode of lost, big sweaty Hurely running through the airport. I still havn't had breakfast or anything so i'm starving and the plane is freezing cold and i feel like im getting a cold. Probably from walking around England for a week with no jacket!! We got a meal but didn't have a ...

... the setting. It was on the corner or a busy street, but the tables were set by a wall and sheltered from traffic. The restaurant slowly filled up as we sat and within half an hour was full to the brim. There were supposed to be several specialties on the menu, and we ordered whatever was still available. The food was delicious - light, flavourful and easily washed down with the house wine. We skipped dessert, opting for gelatos from the ...

... in and go to the rocky beach. They all comment on how late the season is this year (it is October after all and only in the 80's without a cloud in the sky- the sea is like glass, why would people come here?). Hronis doodles. Alekos actually nods in and out of sleep. Irenee starts to cook our dinner: Liver and Quail. I wonder how I will ever pull this meal off. Hronis smokes more. A harpoon fisherman goes out into the water, his girlfriend (cute) fishes topless from a ...

... The light of the setting sun painted all of the Saronic Gulf with a bright red hue. Below us were several islands. From our altitude, they looked like ships that were waiting in some great harbor for a dock to open up in Pireaus. It was a magnificent sight.

We landed at the Ellinikon Airport at about 6 p.m. I was surprised to find that there were no runway tunnels connecting the planes to the terminal. Instead, one took a bus from the plane ...