So I feel really cynical these days. I am learning a lot about conversation, and dealing with people. I'm finding that some things are bothersomeand not worth dealing with - a feeling which in the past would have made me work harder to understand/fix the problem. Two things in particular are troublesome: First is studying literature... still not good at it. Second is meals: don't like big groups, and am not too good at singing. Supras (Georgian feasts) are...

Photo: Riga - Airport I flew thru. Unrelated, Uploading Pix now. On Saturday We climbed Mt. Kazbegi. It is a huge mountain, which I just found out today is right on the border with Russia (and South Ossetia), but didn't know that at the time. It was a long drive in a bus, the distance between the seats being just less than the length of my femur (YAY!), and lost of singing (YAY!)... Five hours, thru back roads, and as we neared the mountain, along cliffs. ...

Blog makes you choose a picture, and doesn't recognize Georgia, so the pic is not relevant. So word of advice: athletic wear is perhaps the least appropriate dress for travelling, unless you plan to wok out the whole time, on a sport court. Maybe you will occasionally young Americans wearing such around campus, but not in the city. And outside of America, no way. Unfortunately I am going to stick out no matter what, being tall pale and red-headed, and even ...

So the Plaka was really cool, got a recommendation to go to Thanasis and get a kebap: AWESOME! Beef sticks with grilled tomatoes. Then walked around... it's this really tightly packed shopping district, with good restaurants and cool stores. Otherwise, Athens is a modern capital city... not super interesting, and somewhat dirty. Went to the National Archeological Museum... Slept for an hour... i don't get pottery, but I guess it does tell the story of a civil...