[Dog Gone]

I visited Greece for the first time two years ago. I found all the people to be very friendly, both in Athens and in the rest of the country. Greece has a reputation for being anti-American, but I never saw it myself.

[demnomo]

My friend did say that outside of Athens, Greeks were friendly. Unfortunately, he and his traveling companion had a run of bad luck (as well as memories) in the city of Athens. A lot of what they saw and experienced in Athens was very unpleasant and didn't leave a good impression. (My friend said it might as well have been Paris--before the American tourist boycott.)

Maybe it had to do with the coming war in Iraq. Either way, they are going to the Olympics and hope that the city of Athens' security is tight (for them and the Israeli teams) and that the officials will tone down the anti-American and anti-Semitic stuff that they claim to have seen, heard and experienced first hand.