1 month in Athens

Following all the excitement of being somewhere sort of near a tornado, things have been quite sedate here in Athens. I've been trying to plug away on my journal article, getting distracted by all day Law & Order marathons, and occasionally whizzing around on my bitchin' new set of bad-ass wheels (or 'bike' as all you squares call it). I've also been snapping away, so what better way to celebrate the end of my first month in Athens with a little photo gallery? (I've put more photos up on facebook for those who'd like an extra Athens hit)

One of the benefits of everything being bigger in America is that we can rent somewhere a bit bigger too.... 

Our flat is one half of the top floor, we get the little balcony too

And this is the view from the balcony - just try and pretend that you can't see the car park, that's what we do :-)

This is a view of the Hocking River from the cycle path to and from University, which makes a nice change (although there is a freeway on the other side of those trees!)

So this rather pleasant view is directly outside the Physics and Astronomy building.... ahhhhh, relaxing :-)

This is a random street round the corner from our flat, with what appears to be some precariously hung traffic lights. It appears that they don't believe in mounting them on posts round this neck of the woods.

And speaking of woods... there area lot of nice local walks through the woods in the hills above Athens

....and here is me on the aforementioned hills, feeling (and looking) a bit hot and bothered. Cloud of irritating flies just out of shot.

And you'll be pleased to hear that Athens certainly doesn't shirk its responsibility for hard-hitting local news (although I'm not sure what the answer is to this pressing question)

Dow's Lake at Stroud's Run Park

Another view of Dow's Lake, with a bit of beach action

More Dow's Lake: Spot the difference (hint: there's a person in the foreground)

And some Dow's Lake. How nice :-)

But if you really want to get a flavour for what it's like in America, check out People of Walmart. It pretty much sums up the sort of people you see around and about. Maybe someone should set up the 'People of Asda' as a comparison?