Planes, Trains & Automobiles

If the first day was any indication, there were not a lot of Americans at the games. But more obviously, there just weren’t a lot of people. The women’s basketball game was a semifinal and the stadium was maybe 1/3rd full. The atheletics event was better attended but still, it was maybe 50% of capacity.

We speculated a lot about the whys – the pricing I had looked at earlier in the Summer was ridiculous. Hotels for 700 euros per night! I think the Greeks were greedy and may have priced people who normally would have attended the games out of doing so. There certainly is the weather to contend with as well… it wasn’t …

The last two days have been a whirlwind as they consititute our entire time in Athens for the Olympics. Our 270€/night hotel was not exactly stellar but hey, we’re in Athens for the 2004 Olympics, it’s not so bad. So we went to sleep…

At 4am I woke up in a cold sweat, sat straight up in bed and realized that I had left my attaché case on the catamaran. After yelling obscenities and waking Jennifer up, I explained this was the second time in nine months I had lost that bag.

You control your emotions, this is the time to exercise control over yourself and show you can beat a tough situationI laid …