Of Giant Tools

‘With a tool that big, one would think you were compensating for something…’

(To be fair, it was a very large wrench. It was about half my height.) Just some of the things I learn in my Advanced Open Water Diving course. (The rest is kind of unprintable.)

Eush’s Solo Tour of the Islands, Part III: Santorini

(Parts I and II were Hydra and Lesbos, by the way.)

The moment I stepped off the platform onto Santorini, it started raining Chunks of Ice. It got better though.

The need for a refresher course

So today I hyperventilated at 66 feet underwater, and to top it off I couldn’t see because my mask flooded, and then when my buddy finally got me up to the surface I projectile vomited.

Mytilene, Lesvos

Not long after I returned to my flat I left for Piraeus again, as my ferry for Mytilene left at 18.00 (and would arrive around 13 hours later).

13 hours didn’t seem that long once I boarded, because I just dumped my stuff in my room, went to the bar to get a coffee, slept for the next 11 hours, and then the next thing I knew we were in Lesvos.

Hydra Town

For some reason I thought it would be a good idea to buy a round-trip ticket to Hydra on a Flying Cat to stay at the small island overnight.

Luckily, it turned out that I was right.

The success of my patented buying-ferry-tickets-on-impulse technique has worked so well that I had to do it again, and as a result I’m going to Santorini next weekend. However, I am getting ahead of myself.

Midterms…and break! (and some Carnival too)

I have just finished my midterms!

To Karen: Greek was not 12 lines (it was 17). But then he asked us for the future optative of σκοτώσω and γένηται, so I think that evens it out, because I cannot give forms on command. (Okay, fine, it doesn’t even it out. But still.  My life is so hard!)

With that out of the way, I’m free.

This post shall address the ‘remarkable’ deficiency of information regarding my classes,

because Tom has brought it to my attention.

But before that, pictures of Brauron and Sounion, which is my only class trip for the semester. How ridiculous. But, as class trips go, this one was fantastic. (If you’ve seen the facebook pictures feel free to skip.)

Not a real update

Just something I found amusing as I put off studying for my Modern Greek test in, oh, 20 minutes.

Aegina, finally

On a Thursday night after dinner, almost on impulse, I ask a friend of mine to accompany me to Aegina on Saturday.

It was one of my better impulses, as the weather was divine and the island was beautiful, and I wondered why I didn’t do it sooner.

(Warning: image-heavy.)

A snow day in the Mediterranean

Classes were cancelled on Monday. A snow day? In Athens?