To all the following who have commented over the last week - Ice, Keshi, Rick (PSS), ~d, Jillie, Jules, Cheekyfaces, Grace, Tracey, Crabby, Pauline, Autumn Storm, Cathy, Valyna, Jlee, In Ink, Citymouse, Pink, Big Pissy.

Yes even to Grace and Valyna who each tagged me with the same tag...8 Random things about me.....maybe tomorrow and Azzitizz who tagged me 10 things about where I live before I went away .... maybe later in the week and although Jules hasn't told me yet! There is another one.... maybe next week

Some final genuine pictures from Athens

Not the one the Beatles played at!

Fancy a cuppa at cuppa!

Nice shoes!

Train service is not that hot!

The only way to get a taxi stand in front of it!

Yes it still moved!

Actually an ashtray!



Vespa seen better days.

Well I am a photographer!

Why? Cos Stevie Nicks wore it, that's why?

Glad to see good old English graffitti is alive and well in Athens!

WELL I TRAVEL BACK TODAY AND IT'S BEEN ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC EVERYTHING THAT I EXPECTED AS A CITY, OLD/NEW, RICH/POOR FEELING JUST A TAD LIKE ARNOLD SCHWARTSNEGGER - "I'LL BE BACK"

THIS WAS MY ATTEMPT AT GETTING THE SUNSET FROM THE OLYMPIC STADIUM, YES I KNOW PATHETIC!

SO ELECTION DAY IN GREECE AND MY LAST FULL DAY, AS YOU CAN GUESS I AM GOING TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT!
THANKS ONCE AGAIN FOR ALL THE COMMENTS.

SO THE BEAT GOES ON

DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THERE I THINK THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ANOTHER PICTURE THERE?
GUESS WHERE I STILL AM? GUESS WHO'S STILL HAVING FUN AND GUESS WHO IS STILL GIVING THE SAME LAME EXCUSE FOR NOT VISITING YOUR SITES.
MORE TOMORROW..........

ATHENIAN GLORY

Well I guess everyone knows I am in Athens now and so without further ado having found an internet cafe that takes my stick if you'll pardon the expression here are some first pictures, and it being Friday it's an Athenian Take Five Friday on the photoblog ok?

Thanks to almost everyone for comments and support you know I couldn't do it without you!
Thought you'd prefer to see the pics than have me answering comments and come over to yours but non of your help and encouragement will go unforgotten!!

Hopefully more tomorrow, it's a big and beautiful place!

If life is a waste of time, and time is a waste of life, why don't we all get wasted and have the time of our lives?

ATHENS!!!

Well here I am in Athens and trying to master Google.gr.

Wow so far everything is just as I expected right down to the lousy internet connections which of course I was warned about.

Oh of course I'm taking pictures and of course I will post them when I can but until then this from an internet cafe will just have to do.

If only to move on from 9-11 because however terrible it was we must!

Thanks for all the comments on that post. I remember exactly where I was and if I had been at home there would have been hundreds of people down by thre river looking towards New York!

Meanwhile some archive pictures from the photoblog until I see you again!!

9-11

IF THIS IS MONDAY THEN I MUST BE HOME!!

Well today for me is neither one thing or another! Just recovering from Paris and away again tomorrow to Europe's most forgotten capital! ATHENS, GREECE. Wow I can't wait. Ok, I haven't visited everyone since I've been back from Paris and Disney but I hope that by later on today everybody who commented has received their web album from me!
I do intend posting from Greece but I do also understand that sometimes internet connections are very slow or non existent so you might have to do be very patient.
Oh because I do become a comment whore while I'm away I'll probably do another web album of Athens for peeps that comment on any posts from Athens Ok?
Yes I know it's bribery but it's nice to know that people care enough from the other side of the world to comment when you are away. Makes taking the lap top worth while!!

Thanks to everyone who took a guess at how many pics of Captain Jack aka as my son Matt I took in Paris and the winner of the web album is.......



AUTUMN STORM....497 is my new guess, she said and 456 was the actual amount!!
Web album being prepared as you read this!


Meanwhile have a read of these Laws of the Universe, they should take away some of those Monday blues!!

Law of Mechanical Repair: After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch.
Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.
Law of the Telephone: When you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal.
Law of the Alibi: If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tyre, the very next morning you will have a flat tyre.
Variation Law: If you change checkout lines or traffic lanes, the one you were in will start to move faster than the one you are in now.
Bath Theorem: When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone rings.
Law of Lines: When you walk IN the grocery store, there's never anyone in the checkout line.
Inverse Hair Dryer Law: You're sure you hear the phone ringing in the background, until you turn the hair dryer off.
Law of Close Encounters: The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.
Law of the Result: When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will.
Law of Bio mechanics: The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.
Theater Law: At any event, the people whose seats are farthest from the aisle arrive last.
Law of Beverage: As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot tea, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the cup is cold.
Murphy's Law of Lockers: If there are only two people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.
Law of Natural Attraction: If you and your date are the only two on a five-mile stretch of beach, the family of five will set up right next to you.
Law of Dirty Rugs/Carpets: The chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on a floor covering are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet/rug.
Law of Location: No matter where you go, there you are.
Law of Logical Argument: Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.
Oliver's Law: A closed mouth gathers no feet.
Law of the Last Word: "Hey, watch this!"