Athens Greeknotes 19 Jul

Athens, to the surprise of nobody, continues to bask in hot sunshine under blue skies. 32ºC the norm. I ran only once, a 10km early on tuesday morning. The days ahead look to be 35ºC+ so no further outdoor exertions until the cooler end of week. Heat or no heat, park is life Greek lessons τέλος I had my final greek lesson on monday, as my lovely co-student finished her internship and headed back to the states. Bittersweet. I often find myself in a foul mood after them, frustrated at my feeble ability, but now I don’t have them two holes appear in my routine. I’ve been doing them twice weekly since february, and while I suck hard at greek, I suck far less than I did in january. Still! This will probably just be a summer break, my wonderful teacher will look for a replacement classmate to restart after the summer. What I won’t miss is the summertime hour long commute on busy and boiling afternoon metro trains. Fat taverna cat Football A busy week of work has kept me home most of the…