woke up. saw T off, saw Tr off, saw A off, saw L off. said bye to Iv. when I came back from cashing some TCs, our apartment was being invaded by cleaning ladies. stuck around till 11.20 am, surrounded by them cleaning and bantering. got a cab, took the longest time to make him understand that I wanted to get to kleomenous, THEN get down to hotel priamos. cabbie didn’t seem to know his way about much. fare came to 1200. lugged Ai’s big bag to CYA center. met S and M there. went to wendy’s for lunch, where W, Al, Li (J) were. had baked potato with bacon and cheese, pretty good. went to amex to cash in another $20. went with S in search of bookstore then returned to the center. started to read ‘misery.’ sodas for vending machine cost 120 but R found way to sucker machine. put in 50 then 100 ΔPX, get soda, push coin return and get 50 back. said bye to everyone. Al locked up the place, so Ai and I went back to priamos (10,000 for the double, so 10,000 each for the 2 nights). dinner at plaka. kalamaria and coke (2000). was more, Ai wanted to pay with visa and was told she could but when bill came, machine was conveniently broken. oh well, got 900 off 5900 bill. walked around, thinking of bag, perhaps even ring for mom, got a t-shirt (probs for A) and some stationery. met this very nice jeweler who was talking, mostly to Ai, about jewellery, even offered to dip her 14K bracelet for just 1000 ΔPX.