Traveling to Greece?

I heard a lot about Greece from my Greek friend, so whenever I thought about this country, the beautiful beaches, all different kinds of islands, nice sunshine, gorgious architecture would come into my mind. I admired their culture and history. It will be a nice trip to Greece, that's what I thought. Well, it isn't always the case for everyone.

One of my friends told me a funny story when he travelled to Greece right after he got out of college. He was single, handsome (based on his description of himself), naive, young, vivid at that time. When he got out of the airport, he saw lots of people standing outside of the airport to find their guests. Because there are many travelers coming to Greece each year, so many people rent out their guest rooms to get some extra money. My friend didn't book a hotel room at that time, so he was wondering whether he should take this idea. Well, here comes an old lady with her granddaughter, who had a nice vacant room in an island near that airport. Her granddaughter was very pretty, my friend took their room without asking any info, even the location of their house, the price for one night because he saw this breathtaking girl. He went together with her grandma. She took him there, and showed the room, which was located in a nice island, neat, clean, and one mile walking distance from the beach. There were nice coffee shops, theaters near the house, and it only took $25 per night. It was awesome.

Well, for a single young man traveling abroad, it is really nice to stay in this place. My friend planned to stay 3 days there, but because of that breathtaking girl, he stayed there for 6 days in order to meet her again. It would be very romantic to live near the beach with this beautiful Greek girl. But the funny point is that he never saw this girl again except meeting her grandma to pay for his living expenses. He stayed there nearly a week dreaming that he would meet her in the dinning room or near the beach, so he could take her for a cup of coffee, but it never came to that point. Finally, he decided to leave because he figured out from other travelers that it was a trick. Those Greek people used their beautiful family members to attract travelers in order to rent out their rooms. He wasn't the only one being fooled at that time. He thought it was pretty fortunate that the room they rented to him was not expensive and indeed pretty nice. He told me several times that those Greek people were smart. Of course, they are smart, otherwise, it could only show that you are stupid. And he is happy that he isn't the only one being fooled. (sighing)

Until now, he still couldn't forget about that breathtaking girl. He told me that sometimes he dreamed about her, and it was already more than 5 years after his trip to Greece. He even thought about coming back to Greece to find her, but he didn't want to be silly again. Even now, he is always saying "She is very adorable, and her skin is so smooth, but I will never meet her again". Oh, well, except laughing, what can I say?

Colbert Report on site

The day before yesterday, I went to Colbert Studio with couple of my friends to see Colbert Report on site. It is a talk show from 11pm to 11:30pm Monday through Friday. I didn't know this TV Show before, but my roommate was fond of it and she got the ticket for me. It was raining heavily that day, and we had to go to his studio around 6pm, but the Host Stephen Colbert is a very funny guy, who cheered us up. They started to shoot around 7:30pm, which would be on air at 11pm that night, so we were the first audience to watch it.

It is quite different feeling when you saw a TV Show on site. We could get more information and see their mistakes, which you would never see on TV. It was an anniversary for this program that day, and the special guest they invited was a writer Richard Dewkins who wrote a book named The God Delusion. The writer just wanted to state that there is no God in the universe. Unfortunately, most audience even Colbert himself believe the God. They may not Christian, or Jewish, but they believe their own God in certain ways. The interview went so funny, because Colbert tried to convince the writer that there is a God in the universe, and most audience on site were by his side. You could watch that day's episode online at: http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_colbert_report/index.jhtml

If you see it clearly, you could find my face at the end of this interview. I was sitting in the third row. Because the total number of audience was around 80 that night, so it was not too difficult to find my lovely face. Cheers!