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At 6:00 PM March 12, 1998
Sunrise (local): 6:43 a.m. Sunset (local): 6:28 p.m.	Weather 50°F
Traveled Since Last Dispatch 0 mi / 0 km Cumulative Total 3141 mi / 5058 km	Lat: 39° 37' 52" N Lon: 22° 25' 13" E Elev: 79 ft / 24 m

Fast Facts

Where We Are: Athens ()
Where We're Staying: Ethan and Padraic are still at Katerina's while Corinne and Anthony have moved to the homes of Michalis and Harris
Places We Visited: Athens, Olympic Park Velodrome, Ministry of Education, Eurosymbioses-Greece, Aegee-Athina
Featured Site: Olympic Park Velodrome
Person of the Day: Michalis and Haridimous
What We Ate:: Food of the Day: "kaltsounia" is a sweet pastry, usually from Crete; Breakfast: Nothing! The typical Greek breakfast is coffee or nothing at all!; Lunch: salad, souvlaki, fries; Dinner: gyros, salad, bread; Olive count: 1868
Word of the Day: "Omonia" and "armonia" are "peace" and "harmony" in Greek
Tech Fact of the Day: People in Greece call themselves Hellenic instead of Greek: Flat Count (Cumulative): 21; Broken Spoke Count (Cumulative): 27

Next Stop: We are in Athens a number of days - there's a lot to see!

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