This is our last day in Athens. How quickly it has all happened! The morning is spent trying to arrange bags, then rushing to meet
Month: August 2004
Radcliffe’s Greek tragedy
We go to the Panathenaico together to see end of Women Marathon. The entry is a bit chaotic, with contradicting directions being given – entry
Visa Olympians meeting centre
After a big breakfast with our hosts, we get to the ZPC and spend some time taking photographs at the Olympic Truce stand. We will
Olympic park – athletics
A full day at OAKA today for the athletics. We depart at around 730am, missing our bus and, thus, taking around 40mins to get to
Olympic opera
At 7pm we leave the ZPC for the Odeon of Herod Atticus. There we are going to see the opera ‘Rea’ by Spyros Samaras, which
Commonwealth connections
After the exhausting – but great – interviews session, Beatriz gets back to the Zappeion Press Centre to attend a press conference by the organisers
Research intensive
A full research day for both of us. Andy spends time in the ZPC working on new archival material, promotion for the public communication of
Ancient Olympia or bust
At 3.45am, we walk over to Syntagma to catch the media coach down to Olympia. This was not provided free and was actually quite expensive.
Zappeion events
Later that day, the Expo 2008 Thessaloniki bid committee gave a presentation about their aims. That night, we would prepare for one of the ZPC
Athens by art
Depart home around 9.15am, Beatriz was due to meet Nelly Kyriazi, Director of the Municipal Gallery of Athens. She is meeting her to talk about