Thursday, 21 June 2007
Thursday, 21st June:
Well I predicted it to be a “hot” day, boy was this an understatement. Today reached a record 45oC today – in central Athens. Wow! AND yes the air conditioning in the office was starting to suffer in this heat. It packed up for the early parts of the day – and boy was it unbearable!! Even with the windows open fully, the warm heat was just flooding in! I shouldn’t complain though, as I understood it was raining cats and dogs in the UK! Hehe!
Anyway, I skipped breakfast today, as I wanted to get stuck into work early on. Am I mad? Yep probably! It certainly was a pretty tiring day, just the usual challenges to deal with. Tried to coast along today as I didn’t want to strain myself too much in this heat!
I spoke with my nice lady friend, and we decided to catch-up later in the evening and attend one of the music concerts that were being held in Athens. “Music-Day” was meant to be a large-scale European music festival, this year being held in Athens. Several stages in and around the main City squares with other events scheduled for the 3-day music festival, starting today and ending on Saturday!
I went to Monastiraki Metro station around 9.30pm, and walked along to Kotzia Square and we met-up and watched the performances on stage. Very “interesting” music – not my cup of tea, but the act was meant to be a big well-known act in Greece. Anyway, we meant on to Klafhmonos Square for some other hits. I could see we were both suffering a bit – both looked absolutely drained (tired), but alas it was good company. We then went to the bar we visited on a previous occasion, and met-up with her brother, and some of the other friends that she was intending to meet-up. Great bunch of folks – and certainly was a great evening!
Another late and warm night, and made my way back to the hotel after dropping her off around 2.30am. Only registered users can write comments. Please login or register. Powered by AkoComment 1.0! |