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Somewhere on the Mediterranean...
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This is one huge ferry boat but it sure doesn't go very
fast. At least we've met these nice people: Panos is a Greek
university student; he's leaving Greece for the first time today.
And that Françoise girl is nice as well. Erik seems to be
hitting on her rather strongly. I suppose she does have nice eyes,
but I don't see much appeal beyond that. But hey, if Erik likes her,
right? When she turns away I give him a little sign with my head
to goad him on. Maybe he can have his fling after all! A pretty
funny thought.
Françoise tells us how she's a French student from the Université
de Lyon. She has been in Athens for a month, working odd jobs here
and there but now she's going to the Italian riviera to meet up with her
friend and spend some quality beach time. I can Well, there isn't too much to do here on the deck of the overnight ferry. Hey, maybe someone has a deck of cards. Something to pass the time with. Erik asks Françoise if she'd like to go stand by the deck rail and look out over the water for a few minutes. They get up and go. Go Erik! Panos and I are left; He grins at me because I think we both know that that may have been more than just a little tour of the boat the others went on. So we chat about things. He tells me about the part of Greece that he's from, somewhere in the mountains I didn't catch the name of. He's taking the summer to go abroad, live by himself and experience things. Am I hungry? Sure! Panos is breaking out some food.
It's homemade? Oh wow, real homemade Greek food from his grandmother,
in a ton of little aluminum tubs. Man, this is really good stuff.
I'm a little skeptical about the food but probably worrying for nothing.
Panos seems like a decent guy. Too bad he's headed to Milan once
we reach Italy. Erik and I are bound for Rome.
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see Erik making plans in his head already!