I have decided to write about a couple natural phenomena that have occurred here since I returned after Christmas.

It was the beginning of January and I had some friends in town visiting. This particular day was a game day and I was going to take a nap prior to my pre-game meal, while my friends went to see the Acropolis. 

After they left, I headed to my room and fell asleep. A little while into my nap, I was awakened by something shaking my bed pretty violently. Since I was half asleep, I didn't really comprehend exactly what was going on, but I heard my closet doors and the lamp shaking as well. This went on for about 20 seconds, but it felt like more like an eternity when you are brought out of a sound sleep. 

When my friends returned about an hour later, they asked me if I felt the earthquake. I told them that it woke me up, but I didn't give it too much thought in the midst of my sleep. I guess that the epicenter was about 125 miles south of Athens in the Mediterranean Sea, but several of the aftershocks in Athens were measured as high as a 5 on the Richter scale. Pretty scary stuff when you think of the possibility of tsunamis. Thankfully, no one was seriously hurt, but it was quite an interesting experience. 

The next odd thing that occurred was around the end of February when I got up to go to practice one day. When I got outside, it looked to be an extremely foggy day, but the strange thing was how the fog had a tan hue about it. When I arrived at the gym, the fog had crept through the vents and settled in a cloud high above the court. 

It wasn't until later that I found out that this fog was not water vapor, but rather the result of sand being blown up over the sea from the African desert. It covered the sky for the majority of the day and cleared up by early evening. When you looked out at the deck of the apartment, the floor had a red coating of sand or clay. 

These two experiences were unique to say the least and they reiterated the fact each new day is a learning experience when you are in a foreign land. That's it for now from my world. So long and Go AEK!!