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In the overall spirit of euphoria blanketing the country only hours before the crucial semi-final soccer game against the national Czech team, it reminds me of the days of summer 1987. Back then, the Greek national basketball team beat several major basketball powers to claim its first European Title. France, Yugoslavia (yes there was...
Hola! It’s a very warm 33 degrees Celcius (that’s about 88 deg. on the Fahrenheit scale) here in Patras, Greece. Euro2004 football is on the telly from Portugal, the Italians were given their tickets back home (compliments of Scandinavian air-lines, eer …, sorry, I meant Sweden and Denmark), and who cares about work? The...
Hi. A good friend of mine sent me this interesting image. One can only assume that the Hungarian(s) bureaucrat(s) who was/were working at their local department of transportation was/were not fluent in English. However, one cannot but simply ask the question: “What were they thinking when they issued this car plate?” Cheers, Ioannis, 20040621154000...
In the general climate of pan-hellenic euphoria after the 1-1 draw against Spain, I think that Otto Rehhagel, coach of our national soccer team, should be our next president of the hellenic republic. He deserves it 100%. Mostly, because he took a bunch of overpaid, under-stimulated, super-egotistical players and turned them into a superb...
That is the question! Here are the choices for all of us on planet Europe, today on Sunday June 13, 2004: 1) Euro-elections. 2) Euro-football. 3) (special choice for mediterranean countries only): Go to the beach. The dilemma is even more complicated given that, at least here in Greece, there is Croatia vs. Switzerland...
Hello, I had planned something else for today, but I heard on the radio that Prof. Xenophon Zolotas, a well-known public figure in Greece passed away at the age of 100. He was one of the youngest professors of the University of Athens, Governor of the Bank of Greece, member of the National Academy,...
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