Sharp in Greece

Starting where I ended with last week’s post, I have a confession and apology to make. I stated the travel agenda for my remaining time while studying abroad and it isn’t exactly going to happen according to plan. On the other hand, life doesn’t happen according to plan. If it did, Greg Oden wouldn’t be the biggest waste of a #1 pick in the NBA and LeBron James would still be wearing a Cleveland Cavaliers jersey. This past weekend (Oct. 21^st-24^th) should have consisted of me chillaxing on the island of Zakynthos swimming through ship wreck bay. For now, we’ll just say that plans fell through due to weather, period. Thus, some scrilla was saved as a result of “Zakynthos weekend” turning into the Homerun Derby failing to live up to its hype (steroids). I apologize for not supplying my newest post with some fresh photos, denying you the opportunity to continue vicariously experiencing Greece. However, I’m not the U.S. economy so don’t lose faith in me.

Since the failure of travel plans seems to be the theme of this post, shall we continue? On short notice, I was informed that my upcoming Thursday class would be canceled. This sparked the impulses. My weekend had suddenly become a 5-day weekend and a trip to Germany shot into its planning stages. Only one thing could keep me from uniting with the 3^rd place finishers of this year’s World Cup, miraculously finding a plane ticket. After two days of absolute failure, I finally found one at a decent price (as you may be aware of, trying to book a last minute plane ticket means paying double or triple the normal price you’d pay months in advance). Nonetheless, I attempted to purchase the ticket and to no surprise it didn't work because European airlines are a bunch of bologna – not even fried bologna, just plain raw rubbery bologna, no cheese.

While my roommate enjoys an extended weekend getaway to Rome and Switzerland, I find myself writing a new blog post, discussing what could of, should have been but wasn't. On the bright side, I saved some dough and got a head start on two papers, a 4-5 pg. paper for Global Marketing, the other an 8 pg. paper for International Relations. Bungee jumping into the famous Corinth Canal was out of the question as a way to budget for other trips but has now re-entered the weekend forecast for Saturday. As you all may know, Sunday is Halloween. As you all may not know, Greece does not celebrate Halloween – can’t believe I’m missing out on Trick – or – Treating. However, the housemates (who aren’t in Rome currently!) have something up our sleeves to bring a taste of Halloween to Greece. Until that next post that so many of you look forward to every week…adio sas!

PS: you can thank the weather and European airlines for a "Boxer Brief" post.