Two pretty cool things to mention. One from diving in Fethiye. We were down at about 15m, when we passed through the thermcline layer in the water. This is where the water changes salinity/temperature. The tempurature dropped about 8F. We followed this layer for a while. To hot, descend a meter, to cold, go up. At one point I was above the layer and put my hand through they layer. It was like you body being in a warm room and reaching into a freezer. You could feel a different texture in the water below the line because of the density of the water. Colder water is more dense, or at least it felt that way.
The other thing was last night here in Mytilini. Greece was playing in the quarter final of the Euro against the Cheque Republic. The first two halves were a back and forth battle, CR having their chances and Greece having theirs. Some VERY near misses. Regular time ended in a tie meaning at least one overtime period. For fourteen minutes and 45 seconds the game continued as it had in regulation. One miss here, then back down to the other end, a world class save by the keeper, then run to the other end. Greece gets a corner kick. The ball comes in at about 1.5 meters from the line and WHAM!! A perfect header into the goal. The bar erupted (along with every other one in the city), the CR gets the ball for a kick off. Barely enough time for anything. And they got nothing. The ref called the game after a few passes. And the streets erupted. It was like those photos you see of flares being shot off, thousands of people crowded into the streets, car horns honking, the obligitory guy doing burn outs (just for you jimmy!!!), motorcycles tearing through the streets (mostly w/o helmets, fools). But guess what was missing that you see in the states? The burned out cars, people using it as an excuse to riot, no beating, no line of cops with tear gas. A plesant public celebration.