Yassas friends! I’m back from Greece and even though my first visit there was marked by some bad timing all in all I enjoyed myself and will probably be heading back there again one day.
The heat wave that has been following me around Europe showed up also in Greece. Luckily I had some short pants otherwise I would have died (not that wearing a suit there was a great pleasure...)
After wrapping up the meetings I hurried to the Acropolis to see the Parthenon and other sites there. Unfortunately the site is under repairs so most pictures taken there would have shown mainly scaffolding.
The view of Athens from the acropolis was great and it also allowed me to spot this little piece of heaven in the city – maybe I should equip my roof in a similar manner...
While in the acropolis I heard music from the amphitheatre. After discussing the matter with some Greeks It turned out that there was going to be a concert there that same evening. Apparently Laurie Anderson was going to perform.
Ok, so I didn’t know who she was either. But what the hell – if there was going to be a show at the amphitheatre at the acropolis I was going to be there!
As it turned out we (I was traveling with someone else from work) arrived late and they wouldn’t let us go to our seats (which were in the lower tier). We went to the top tier and were thankful for it, and for being late. This Anderson type is a weird one. While it is basically a musical show the music isn’t very harmonic, she doesn’t really sing, and since this is an as-of-yet unreleased album no one really had any idea what she was going to say. So everyone just sat there and listened carefully.
When the show finally came to an end everyone clapped their hands politely. This was just too much for me – I started shouting like I had just been to a Metallica concert and this seemed to rouse the crowd – everyone started shouting and whistling like crazy. It was really funny. Ay, those crazy Greeks.
That’s it for now... kalispera.
The heat wave that has been following me around Europe showed up also in Greece. Luckily I had some short pants otherwise I would have died (not that wearing a suit there was a great pleasure...)
After wrapping up the meetings I hurried to the Acropolis to see the Parthenon and other sites there. Unfortunately the site is under repairs so most pictures taken there would have shown mainly scaffolding.
The view of Athens from the acropolis was great and it also allowed me to spot this little piece of heaven in the city – maybe I should equip my roof in a similar manner...
While in the acropolis I heard music from the amphitheatre. After discussing the matter with some Greeks It turned out that there was going to be a concert there that same evening. Apparently Laurie Anderson was going to perform.
Ok, so I didn’t know who she was either. But what the hell – if there was going to be a show at the amphitheatre at the acropolis I was going to be there!
As it turned out we (I was traveling with someone else from work) arrived late and they wouldn’t let us go to our seats (which were in the lower tier). We went to the top tier and were thankful for it, and for being late. This Anderson type is a weird one. While it is basically a musical show the music isn’t very harmonic, she doesn’t really sing, and since this is an as-of-yet unreleased album no one really had any idea what she was going to say. So everyone just sat there and listened carefully.
When the show finally came to an end everyone clapped their hands politely. This was just too much for me – I started shouting like I had just been to a Metallica concert and this seemed to rouse the crowd – everyone started shouting and whistling like crazy. It was really funny. Ay, those crazy Greeks.
That’s it for now... kalispera.
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