TGIF

Happy Friday! We have had a busy week here in Athens. David finally got over his cold and his jet lag and both of us have been busy with work. We are very excited it is Friday.

We had some excitement on Wednesday here in Athens. Yimitos the mountain that Vicki and I run on every morning had a fairly substantial forest fire. Stacy took the picture on the left from her front balcony. They live about 6 blocks closer than we do but it was still pretty close. We anticipate that this was the first of many fires to come. It is just so hot and dry it is inevitable. When Vicki and I went up to run on Wednesday morning the police had put out cones to block the road. Vicki said the same thing happened last year when it gets especially hot and dry. Part of the problem is that all of the Greeks smoke and throw their cigarette butts out of the window and the next thing you know half your country is on fire. Should be an interesting Summer. I do have to give them credit because they had multiple planes and helicopters picking up water from the sea and dropping it on the fire so it was put out in a matter of hours.

Not too much planned for this weekend. I am going to try to drag David out of bed on Sunday to go to the beach. He hasn't been to the beach here in Athens yet so it shouldn't be too hard to get him motivated.

On another note...David's Dad has been discharged from the hospital to Meredith's house and is slowly getting better each day. Thank you for all your well wishes and prayers during this difficult time for our family.

Well hope you all had a good week and have a great weekend....Love from Athens!