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« Thread Started on Jan 23, 2010, 2:12pm » | ![[Quote]](http://images.proboards.com/buttons/quote.gif "[Quote]") |
Wear walking boots. I thought in the 35 years since I last clambered round the Acropolis they would have done some smoothing of the rocky access. I was wrong.
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« Reply #1 on Jan 23, 2010, 4:45pm » | |
So .... why didn't you write ahead and tell them you were coming? 
Seriously, Baz, it's great to hear from you. How many days will you all be there before moving on to Crete? Can't wait to hear all about it. Will the lovely and accommodating Mrs. Faz be taking all the photos, or are you going to be snapping away, too?
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« Reply #2 on Jan 23, 2010, 5:45pm » | |
You mean they haven't installed the escalators yet like at Machu Pichu and Angkor Wat?
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« Reply #3 on Jan 23, 2010, 5:52pm » | |
Ha!
Looking forward to hearing about your trip, Baz.
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« Reply #4 on Jan 23, 2010, 6:31pm » | |
I am very cross that the choice of words by Baz Faz has condemned me to an ad for Ugg boots at the top of the page.
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« Reply #5 on Jan 23, 2010, 7:31pm » | |
Shoes that seem fine for hours on end walking on American streets and sidewalks won't seem so fine after a few hours on typical Euro old city cobblestones either.
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« Reply #6 on Jan 24, 2010, 4:48pm » | |
Thank the gods for the Greek! no-nonsense people, they are!
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« Reply #8 on Jan 26, 2010, 5:43pm » | |
Of course not. But after recovering from my own death defying climb to the top, I saw some other people on the verge of death climbing up in the tropical heat, and I couldn't resist saying to them "Hey, why didn't you take the escalator on the back side?"
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« Reply #9 on Jan 26, 2010, 9:02pm » | |
Yes, it was a scary climb up Ankor. It definitely aged me. This must be why the ad at the top of this page reads: Reduce wrinkles by 83.7%. I love the precision.
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« Reply #10 on Jan 27, 2010, 12:35am » | |
I don't trust ads claiming improvements unless they take it to two decimal places. Lying with imprecision is slacking.
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« Reply #11 on Jan 27, 2010, 12:56am » | |
Ha, fumo!
I like my pseudoscience to have lots of corroborative detail, too.
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