I've gotta start posting pictures again.  Been a busy end to my week.  :)

A day after leaving Athens, we landed in Rhodes.

( Rhodes Pics )

I kept thinking that the Parthenon was the Acropolis, but the Acropolis is everything surrounding and including the Parthenon.  It's just that the Parthenon is what you can see from miles away.  Okay, enough posting for today.  :)

Athens, Greece.  This was probably the most fun we had, enough fun to make the whole trip worth it.  And we were on our own for the most part.  (This is a lot of posts for one day.  Bear with me.)

( Athens, Greece )

The video of the pilot leaving the cruise ship for the "Pilot Boat."

So I think I may do posts and pictures by port, since doing it by each day will take forever.  Warning, there are lots of pictures inside the cut.

( Palermo )

I will post more later, probably more info and pictures than anyone will ever want to read or see.  But it's going to take me awhile.  So bear with me.

A few highlights and pictures.

Very few U.S. citizens.
A Polish version of Bob Dagget
Homesick while in Egypt.
Eva breaking her toes.
Mom is a sucker.
Rain, rain, and hail.
Pointing at landmarks
Windy
"Do you ( Read more... )

Eight more days.  I'm taking a notebook with me, and I intend to write a lot.  No laptop, no computer.....!!  I never realized how easily I get restless.  I must have my own time to fill up with things.

I'm nervous, but not really nervous.  I think it's more my excitement being suppressed into nervousness because I want to sleep at night.  Otherwise ( Read more... )

Niceness is a ruse.  If you wonder why women don't like nice guys or "nice guys finish last," it's because under every nice guy's exterior is a raging, ineffectual lunatic.

I hate niceness so much that when I'm nice, it pisses me off.

To be nice is to lie, in essence.  It's to say what you think the other person wants to hear, to make yourself seem ( Read more... )

If you're going to hunt for ghosts, you have to be prepared.

First, do your research:

http://www.angelfire.com/theforce/haunted/hauntedplacesofindiana.htm

You'll quickly find that most "paranormal investigators" are full of crap.  A lot of supposed Indiana haunting must be prefaced with some idiotic ritual, like stopping on Crybaby Bridge at midnight ( Read more... )

The ABC's of me:

A. Attached or Single? Single

B. Best Friend? Barbie

C. Cake or Pie? Pie

D. Day of choice? Wednesdays after my run, because then I have the rest of Wednesday and Thursday to look forward to.

E. Essential item? Hand lotion

F. Favorite color?  Hunter orange

G. Gummy Bears or Worms? Both are a waste of time.

H. Home town? Geneva, IN

I. ( Read more... )