1. Inflatable Neck Pillows (one per traveler) are a MUST for any plane trip more than two hours
2. Airport benches are terrible places to sleep on to pass the time between plane arrival to inter-city train opening hours (my back & neck were tortured for four hours!)
3. "It's all Greek to me" takes on a new meaning as Greek words are indiscernible! Where'd the alphabet go?
4. EVERYTHING came from Greece! Our words, terms, civilization, philosophies, designs, and even my mom! Yup, she claims she was born here from another life (kaya pala greek god ako...)
5. Every Greek dessert is diabetically challenging (TOO SWEET)! It's sweet as it is, plus swimming in syrup, multiplied by sprinkled sugar toppings.
6. Greek Coffee has sand in it. Yum!
7. It's cool paying for stuff using coins (though the fun lasts until you begin multiplying the amount by 60)
8. DSLR's provide better shots than point&shoot cameras, though photos taken make us seem lonely--hard to catch the two of us in the picture through the holding-cam-facing-you-on-a-raised-arm style for regular digicams. Hambigat!
9. Greeks (and other Europeans) are mostly courteous drivers, even to pedestrians! (parinig parinig)
10. The Trojan War DID happen, although not due to the Helen of Troy abduction story. Our tour guide Anthony mentioned it happened due to economic reasons. I like the Brad Pitt version better.
11. I have yet to see a Greek that looks like Brad Pitt.
12. It's great having our own language. How else can we secretly talk about other people with us on tour? (Hey they do the same as well! Hehe)
13. No one here knows what "Shazam!" means! ImazhineDat. Oh well, time to teach the Ancient World something new...
14. GREEKS are not fans of a show GREE, as GLEEKS are to GLEE (...ngwek ngwek ngweeekk!...)
15. I REALLY, REALLY NEED TO HIT THE GYM TO BURN THE TOUR CALORIES AS SOON AS I RETURN HOME (we Olympians have a reputation to keep, y'know)
~ Toh
May 5, 2010
Greece
