Athens Aviods a Near Miss

The whirring and sputtering of motor bikes and honking of horns heralded the new day. I awoke refreshed and switched on the television to see if Athens had burned during the night while I slept. I switched through all of the channels including CNN and learned that although Milan had been victorious hitting the net twice (once more than Liverpool) in what was touted to be a very competitive match up, the riot Stamatis had feared did not follow. There were some problems even before the game started due to a few Liverpool fans trying to enter the stadium with counterfeit tickets. Based on the condition I saw a number of the fans in I have no doubt some enterprising less than honorable person through the magic of Photo Shop who was willing to give them a reasonable looking hope for a very unreasonable price. To bad they weren’t a bit more sober because then they could probably have used the real tickets belonging to their comrades who were deemed by the police to drunk to enter the stadium. My theory about the lack of a riot by these very rabid fans is that they were so drunk by the time the game ended that they could barely walk let alone riot. I’m glad there was no real trouble as there are quite a lot ruins in Athens as it is and I doubt we can see them all in the time we have anyway.

Disaster averted Phyllis and I had our coffee and tea, dressed and went for a 45-minute walk run through the neighborhood around the hotel. Upon returning I tried unsuccessfully to upload the blog update I’d written last night and some of the pictures we had taken our first day before. As I’ve yet to explain, the hotel’s wireless internet access has decidedly put the emphasis on “less”. All of you that know me well know that I’m not brimming with patience, but in this case I have had to yield to my situation. So, this morning I was still unsuccessful, but later this afternoon I did get some pictures to upload and I almost got Phyllis’s update from yesterday loaded. Maybe tomorrow I can find an internet café or something.