Posts Tagged ‘sports’

On Sunday, I went to a football match between two local(ish) teams.  AEK is from Athens and Olympicos is from Piraeus (I believe), which is only a few miles away.  You Greek history students will know.  Anyway, it was a tie, 3-3, which is significant since these two teams are part of the set of three that usually duke it out for the title around here.

Oh, and by the way, it rained and snowed (at the same time, I swear) and gusted wind [and, of course, smoke].  Good times. Cold times.  Everyone I met kept apologizing for the winter weather.  And while it was a little cold, it wasn’t Chicago winter, so I wasn’t complaining.

And then, of course, the Bears lost.  I did stay up for that – intern Courtney had some friends who made a reservation at Hard Rock, so Mark (senior intern) and the two of us got lost looking for Hard Rock, but in the end had a good time.  Until they lost; that was sad.  Also, we did not get to see any of the commercials, due to copyright issues.  That was possibly the second-saddest thing.

And then I went home at 5am and started work the next day at 8:30!  I’ve been having fun, trust me, but it’s hard to write about it.  Please sympathize!

We’re trying to plan a trip to Cairo, to include the pyramids, etc., and probably a trip to the Greek islands.  Since I’m in the area, it seemed like a good use of my time.  Weekends are great!

Although, I still haven’t seen the Parthenon (except from a distance).  I’m a bad tourist.  But I’ve still got time!