2 January ’05, Sunday. We had a wonderful “New Year’s Day” and we hope that all of you did one as well. It was a quiet day over all, with the exception of a long walk from the campground. We decided not to go into town yesterday as most likely everything would probably be closed anyway. Our walk took us to an underpass of the major freeway here, and it was so quiet that we could have a soccer game on it and not been interrupted. As always you will find something open, and we found it, a wonderful chocolate shop. Yep, I know it was a “wonderful chocolate shop” because we bought ourselves a treat… tonight’s desert. The sun has decided to join us. It has pretty much shown everyday, but today it has been with us all day. Fact is, the weather man has told us we can look forward to sun and cooler days for a few more days at least…good news… Our celebration for New Years Eve was very quiet, but we at least stayed up past mid-night. Our celebration was last night…dinner of roasted turkey, yams, and all the trimmings, the sparkling, and that desert.
Today we caught the bus and tram and went to Pireas. Overall it took us about 1 1/2 hours to get there. If we were to catch a ferry to Crete, that is were we would catch it. Pireas was just one of those places that we just wanted to see. It doesn’t have anything historical to see, but we did find the largest outdoor flea market that we have been to. That took us over an hour to walk through. Floor to ceiling people…what a mad house… I loved it !!! You know you can really enjoy those flea markets even if you have no intention of buying anything.
I did have a wonderful surprise on New Years Day. My computer screen just decided to start working again…. I was just sitting down to write, with my new screen already plugged into the laptop, when I happened to notice that I had 2 screens starting up…what the heck ??? Anyway, let’s see just how long this is going to last. Another thing is, the birds are back. We have seen birds of course, but now we have the birds that want to sing. We haven’t had them for at least a couple of months. We also have a lot of flowers coming into bloom…could this be spring ??? Na, it’s only the 2nd of January. Well, tomorrow morning we pull up stakes and head out to new territory. Our first stop will be Marathon, and then down the coast and making our way into the Peloponnese for an extended period…lot’s to see…
Today we caught the bus and tram and went to Pireas. Overall it took us about 1 1/2 hours to get there. If we were to catch a ferry to Crete, that is were we would catch it. Pireas was just one of those places that we just wanted to see. It doesn’t have anything historical to see, but we did find the largest outdoor flea market that we have been to. That took us over an hour to walk through. Floor to ceiling people…what a mad house… I loved it !!! You know you can really enjoy those flea markets even if you have no intention of buying anything.
I did have a wonderful surprise on New Years Day. My computer screen just decided to start working again…. I was just sitting down to write, with my new screen already plugged into the laptop, when I happened to notice that I had 2 screens starting up…what the heck ??? Anyway, let’s see just how long this is going to last. Another thing is, the birds are back. We have seen birds of course, but now we have the birds that want to sing. We haven’t had them for at least a couple of months. We also have a lot of flowers coming into bloom…could this be spring ??? Na, it’s only the 2nd of January. Well, tomorrow morning we pull up stakes and head out to new territory. Our first stop will be Marathon, and then down the coast and making our way into the Peloponnese for an extended period…lot’s to see…