You Get a Lifetime: The Chronicle of a Semester in Greece

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My favorite quotation comes from author Neil Gaiman: "You get what anyone gets. You get a lifetime." We have a finite number of heartbeats, and we never know when ours will run out. This is a chronicle of living in Athens, Greece, for three months teaching the ancient Greek arts of persuasion and rhetorical criticism for the fall semester. Just about the best use of heartbeats I could imagine.

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  Booked   Medford, United States on Apr 11, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Meditations on Sabbatical   Medford, United States on Jun 18, 2008 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Oh, is Your Husband Going With You?   Medford, United States on Jul 4, 2008 4 pictures 1 comment
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  Hunting Stories   Medford, United States on Jul 12, 2008 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Working Like a Beast   Medford, United States on Aug 14, 2008 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Behold, the Map Pin Doth Move!   New York City, United States on Sep 8, 2008 3 pictures 3 comments
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  Me Why Greece Friday, Takahiro?   New York City, United States on Sep 8, 2008 2 pictures 2 comments
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  Soaring Over Paris   Paris, France on Sep 9, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Dawn Breaks Over Zurich   Zürich, Switzerland on Sep 9, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Nothing to Declare (I hope)   Athens, Greece on Sep 9, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Philoxenia: Greek Hospitality   Athens, Greece on Sep 9, 2008 5 pictures 1 comment
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  I Need a Yiayia   Athens, Greece on Sep 10, 2008 1 picture 1 comment
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  Carrying Strap for Your Convenience   Athens, Greece on Sep 11, 2008 14 pictures 3 comments
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  Two Grocery Stores Too Many   Athens, Greece on Sep 11, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The Story of Sunshine   Athens, Greece on Sep 12, 2008 1 picture 1 comment
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  Pah-POOTS-yah   Athens, Greece on Sep 12, 2008 1 picture 3 comments
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  Woe to Knees   Athens, Greece on Sep 12, 2008 0 pictures 2 comments
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  Thirteen Septembers   Athens, Greece on Sep 13, 2008 1 picture 4 comments
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  Athenian Death March   Athens, Greece on Sep 13, 2008 1 picture 1 comment
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  Keyboard! Secrets! Revealed!   Athens, Greece on Sep 14, 2008 3 pictures 2 comments
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  Dora Does Greece   Athens, Greece on Sep 14, 2008 1 picture 2 comments
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  Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Leonidas   Athens, Greece on Sep 15, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Day at the Acropolis   Athens, Greece on Sep 17, 2008 8 pictures 3 comments
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  This Is the Way We Go to School   Athens, Greece on Sep 17, 2008 4 pictures 2 comments
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  State Quarters   Athens, Greece on Sep 18, 2008 2 pictures 2 comments
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  This Train, Beach Glyfada?   Glyfada, Greece on Sep 19, 2008 3 pictures 1 comment
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  Holy Jesus Crack   Athens, Greece on Sep 20, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Observe the Sabbath and Keep It Hungry   Athens, Greece on Sep 21, 2008 2 pictures 3 comments
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  The International Language of Electricians   Athens, Greece on Sep 22, 2008 2 pictures 2 comments
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  It's All Chinese to Me   Athens, Greece on Sep 23, 2008 2 pictures 2 comments
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  Greek Animal Welfare Fund   Athens, Greece on Sep 24, 2008 3 pictures 3 comments
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  Feast!   Athens, Greece on Sep 25, 2008 3 pictures 1 comment
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  Off to the Texas of Greece   Athens, Greece on Sep 25, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The Ferry to Crete   Piraeus, Greece on Sep 26, 2008 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Nicky, Nikos, Maria, and Nicholas   Piraeus, Greece on Sep 27, 2008 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Rise and Shine, Troops   Heraklion, Greece on Sep 27, 2008 2 pictures 0 comments
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  The Minoan Disneyland   Heraklion, Greece on Sep 27, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  The Heraklion Museum   Heraklion, Greece on Sep 27, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Just Me and the Waiter   Heraklion, Greece on Sep 27, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Olives for Breakfast   Heraklion, Greece on Sep 28, 2008 1 picture 1 comment
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  The Road to Gortyn   Gortyn, Greece on Sep 28, 2008 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Gortyn Law Code   Heraklion, Greece on Sep 28, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Oh THAT Titos   Heraklion, Greece on Sep 28, 2008 2 pictures 0 comments
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  The Patron Saint of Our Program   Heraklion, Greece on Sep 28, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Cretan Trail of Tears   Heraklion, Greece on Sep 28, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  No Such Thing as Too Much Greek Food   Heraklion, Greece on Sep 28, 2008 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Beautiful Tylissos   Chania, Greece on Sep 29, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Mugging at Tylissos   Heraklion, Greece on Sep 29, 2008 6 pictures 2 comments
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  The Road to Chania   Rethymnon, Greece on Sep 29, 2008 4 pictures 0 comments
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  My Dinner   Chania, Greece on Sep 30, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Morning in Chania   Chania, Greece on Sep 30, 2008 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Archaeologist in Action   Chania, Greece on Sep 30, 2008 1 picture 1 comment
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  Octopus Sarcophagus   Chania, Greece on Sep 30, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Girls Lunch   Chania, Greece on Sep 30, 2008 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Leaving Chania Harbor   Chania, Greece on Sep 30, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Snorkeling   Chania, Greece on Sep 30, 2008 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Pristine Beach   Chania, Greece on Sep 30, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Dinner Crepes   Chania, Greece on Sep 30, 2008 2 pictures 0 comments
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  George the Buckled-In Bear   Chania, Greece on Sep 30, 2008 2 pictures 1 comment
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  Fun Facts of the Day   Athens, Greece on Oct 2, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Operation Clean Clothes/Hungry Professor   Athens, Greece on Oct 3, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Special Day Out   Athens, Greece on Oct 5, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Pre-Funk and Tower of the Winds   Athens, Greece on Oct 6, 2008 4 pictures 3 comments
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  Poodle Gauntlets   Athens, Greece on Oct 7, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  One Month Lookback List   Athens, Greece on Oct 8, 2008 1 picture 1 comment
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  Baby Turtle Beach Parade   Athens, Greece on Oct 8, 2008 2 pictures 0 comments
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  For Aletheia   Athens, Greece on Oct 9, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Stories in Marble and Gold   Athens, Greece on Oct 9, 2008 7 pictures 0 comments
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  "Your People Are Here"   Athens, Greece on Oct 10, 2008 1 picture 1 comment
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  The BibFem Four's Perfect Day   Athens, Greece on Oct 11, 2008 5 pictures 0 comments
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  The Santorini Eight   Athens, Greece on Oct 13, 2008 2 pictures 1 comment
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  Bow Before the Banana Fritters   Athens, Greece on Oct 14, 2008 1 picture 1 comment
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  I Was on Greek C-SPAN!   Athens, Greece on Oct 14, 2008 3 pictures 1 comment
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  Howling at the Full Moon on the Hill of the Wolves   Athens, Greece on Oct 14, 2008 7 pictures 2 comments
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  Dinner for Eight   Athens, Greece on Oct 15, 2008 4 pictures 1 comment
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  Moderately Democratic Ground   Athens, Greece on Oct 16, 2008 5 pictures 0 comments
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  The Island of Aegina   Aegina, Greece on Oct 17, 2008 6 pictures 0 comments
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  The Temple of Aphaia   Aegina, Greece on Oct 17, 2008 6 pictures 0 comments
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  None for You   Hydra, Greece on Oct 18, 2008 5 pictures 0 comments
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  The Technicolor Ankle   Hydra, Greece on Oct 19, 2008 4 pictures 0 comments
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  A Blessing on Your Day   Athens, Greece on Oct 20, 2008 1 picture 1 comment
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  Show Us Your Belly   Athens, Greece on Oct 21, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Farm Boots and Baked Fish   Athens, Greece on Oct 22, 2008 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Greek Temple in the Oregon Woods   Sounio, Greece on Oct 23, 2008 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Twenty Eight at the Silver Mine   Sounio, Greece on Oct 23, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  The Temple of Poseidon   Sounio, Greece on Oct 23, 2008 11 pictures 0 comments
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  Missing Bear   Athens, Greece on Oct 24, 2008 1 picture 2 comments
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  Rice with Curry, Peas, and Raisins   Athens, Greece on Oct 24, 2008 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Fall Break Diaspora   Athens, Greece on Oct 26, 2008 4 pictures 0 comments
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  That's When You Know You're in Egypt for Sure   Cairo, Egypt on Oct 28, 2008 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Maybe You're Gonna Be the One that Saves Me   Cairo, Egypt on Oct 28, 2008 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Welcome to Alaska   Giza, Egypt on Oct 28, 2008 14 pictures 2 comments
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  Papyrus Museum and Carpet School   Giza, Egypt on Oct 28, 2008 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Don't Worry, I Have Horn   Cairo, Egypt on Oct 29, 2008 4 pictures 0 comments
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  The Architecture of the Divine   Cairo, Egypt on Oct 29, 2008 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Koshary and Kahlili   Cairo, Egypt on Oct 29, 2008 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Random Observations on Cairo   Cairo, Egypt on Oct 30, 2008 3 pictures 1 comment
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  Charm Your Way to Better Photographs   Cairo, Egypt on Oct 30, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Are You Egyptian?   Cairo, Egypt on Oct 30, 2008 2 pictures 0 comments
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  On the Roof of the Stable   Giza, Egypt on Oct 30, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  John Denver is Rolling in His Grave   Cairo, Egypt on Oct 31, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Fun with EgyptAir   Cairo, Egypt on Oct 31, 2008 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Lung I Hurt   Athens, Greece on Oct 31, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Chi-Ray   Athens, Greece on Nov 3, 2008 1 picture 2 comments
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  Bed Rest   Athens, Greece on Nov 4, 2008 1 picture 3 comments
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  City of Light   Athens, Greece on Nov 6, 2008 2 pictures 2 comments
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  Even the Dogs Bow Before Him at Corinth   Corinth, Greece on Nov 8, 2008 7 pictures 2 comments
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  Epidaurus: Built for Butts, Not for Churches   Epidavros, Greece on Nov 8, 2008 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Missing Apple Cider in the Orange Grove of Tyrins   Nauplion, Greece on Nov 9, 2008 2 pictures 0 comments
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  The Lions of Mycenae   Mycenae, Greece on Nov 9, 2008 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Andritsena: The Most Beautiful Village on Earth   Andritsena, Greece on Nov 9, 2008 12 pictures 0 comments
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  The Road to Vassai   Andritsena, Greece on Nov 10, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Lemons and Bananas at Vassai   Andritsena, Greece on Nov 10, 2008 4 pictures 0 comments
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  The Road to Olympia   Olympia, Greece on Nov 11, 2008 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Jane the Olympic Champion   Olympia, Greece on Nov 11, 2008 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Stories in Stone at Olympia   Olympia, Greece on Nov 11, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Toucha Toucha Toucha Touch Me   Athens, Greece on Nov 12, 2008 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Watch Out, Athens Airport   Athens, Greece on Nov 14, 2008 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Yummylicious   Athens, Greece on Nov 16, 2008 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Thank You, Robert Smith   Athens, Greece on Nov 16, 2008 1 picture 1 comment
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  Ossios Loukas   Distomo, Greece on Nov 17, 2008 9 pictures 2 comments
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  At the End of the Day, We're All Fruits   Delphi, Greece on Nov 17, 2008 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Go Ask the Oracle at Delphi   Delphi, Greece on Nov 18, 2008 6 pictures 0 comments
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  The Critters of Delphi   Delphi, Greece on Nov 18, 2008 7 pictures 2 comments
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  What's Your Zombie Preparedness Plan?   Athens, Greece on Nov 20, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Sweet Jane   Athens, Greece on Nov 21, 2008 3 pictures 3 comments
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  Secrets at Eleusis and Athens   Elefsis, Greece on Nov 21, 2008 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Her Majesty's Second Annual Movie Night   Athens, Greece on Nov 23, 2008 3 pictures 1 comment
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  The Last Hoof   Athens, Greece on Nov 25, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  The Potter's Cemetery   Athens, Greece on Nov 25, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  The Dawn of Godiva   Athens, Greece on Nov 27, 2008 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Welcome to Athens   Athens, Greece on Nov 27, 2008 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Turkey + Baklava = Greek Thanksgiving   Athens, Greece on Nov 27, 2008 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Not Even an Ocean Can Cool Our Feet   Glyfada, Greece on Nov 28, 2008 5 pictures 2 comments
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  To the Peloponnese with Papou   Corinth, Greece on Nov 29, 2008 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Umbrellas at Mycenae   Mycenae, Greece on Nov 29, 2008 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Nauplion: Return to the City of Convalescence   Nauplion, Greece on Nov 29, 2008 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Juliet at Epidaurus   Epidavros, Greece on Nov 29, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Modern Epidaurus   Epidavros, Greece on Nov 29, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Evzone Parade   Athens, Greece on Nov 30, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Godiva on the Rocks   Athens, Greece on Nov 30, 2008 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Gyro Crack Strikes Again   Athens, Greece on Dec 1, 2008 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Aphrodite Funky Butt   Athens, Greece on Dec 2, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  The Symposium   Athens, Greece on Dec 3, 2008 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Down from the Mountain   Athens, Greece on Dec 3, 2008 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Persephone's Pomegranate   Athens, Greece on Dec 5, 2008 7 pictures 1 comment
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  Emotional Bloodbath   Athens, Greece on Dec 6, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Goodnight, Athens   New York City, United States on Dec 7, 2008 1 picture 0 comments