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Countdown to Greek Easter

February 23rd, 2006

lj-music: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe – The Battle
Today is a special day in Greece, very holy seeing as it’s about the the start of Lent.
Let us bow our heads and pray…
Or if you really don’t care about all that [...]

Heh

February 22nd, 2006

lj-music: Silent Hill 2 Original Soundtracks – Betrayal
Typical Greek strikes, funny how they end up sometimes though… I’m beginning to hate this government though, they’re making things shitter by the week it seems. Strikes, high unemployment, high prices and whatnot.
OTE really takes the cake though. I thought that they [...]

I wonder how it happens…

February 19th, 2006

lj-music: Day of Defeat: Source – Game Startup 2
As you may know, some of my parcels went on a little trip inside the Greek postal service over Xmas, resulting in late gifts.
Well, another one, Jamie’s Italy, really took the biscuit. It never arrived. Complained and the reissued one never [...]

Over a week old but…

February 12th, 2006

lj-music: Day of Defeat: Source – Startup 2
The new cast of Harry Potter have been confirmed. For ease of checking, the following images show the people in question.
Luna Lovegood – Evanna Lynch:
Professor Umbridge – Imelda Staunton:

Bellatrix Lestrange – Helen [...]

lj-music: John Williams – Bearing the Burden
Now, to describe the holiday.
Maria, Anastasia, Yannis and I went off on the 28th, to a small town called Eigio. There, we searched for a very long time for a single hotel, ironically, we passed one on the way in.
Though [...]

*sighs*

February 1st, 2006

Came back from our short trip yesterday, then ran off to my Greek lesson in record time. We went up into the mountains where people were skiing.
Pictures coming soon, once I upload the gallery.

Not exactly Christmas…

January 25th, 2006

lj-music: Patrick Doyle – Hogwart’s Hymn
But there was a snowfall last night, leading to settling, and a rare sight in Athens.

Snow and writing

January 25th, 2006

Wow, there was snow in Athens today, fecking cold too, thank heavens for a warm home to come back too, our radiators are maddening in their furnace-like heat.
Oh, I also went to an interview on Friday for a job as a technical writer. What a dream job, eh? Combining my two main [...]

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