To Athens!

As I write this we're flying over the heart of Europe on our way to vacation in Greece. Conveniently the university where I'm studying, Maxwell's public school, and the international school Zara attends all have a week off next week. So we found a cheaper place than Bergen to spend the week, and we left a little earlier to take advantage of a cheaper flight. The captain of the plane has just told us that it's 28 degrees and sunny on the ground in Athens compared to the 5 degrees an rain we left in Bergen. I also think I'm finally getting used to Celsius! This is our 3rd flight of the day after stops in Oslo and Brussels. I got waffles for lunch in Belgium and, even though it was the airport, they were quite good.

I do wish we hadn't had to start the day at 3:30 AM running a kilometer and a half to catch the Flybuss to the airport because the Byban (Bergen's lightrail) doesn't start running until 5AM. Maxwell was smart and went to bed at 7 PM last night in preparation, but he's still napping now along with Zara and Cara. I must admit I also dozed off a bit earlier in this flight and on the one before this. Must have been the wine. Now that we're out off Norway and onto an Agaean flight alcohol is no longer prohibitively expensive. In fact it's included in the flight just like any other beverage.

I don't think I've spent enough time teaching the kids Greek before this trip. Zara's a fountain of historical knowledge due to her interest in the culture, but neither of them even fully knows the alphabet yet. Hopefully a little time in situ will remedy them of that deficiency.