[DocRock]

My wife and children were invited to meet the Patriarch at the airport this afternoon in Orlando. They just returned and I could not find this posted after a search and thought I would share it with the rest.

[DocRock]

Could you please review with post and see if it could be moved to the religion topic? Thank you.

[siunevada]

As a Latin, I think it's very exciting to have the Ecumenical Patriarch visit the United States. I had no idea he was coming. It would be great to have some national media coverage but I doubt that's going to happen.

[MinuteGal]

Tarpon Springs is in the district of my congressman, Mike Bilirakis, a staunch conservative of Greek extraction. The Greek-descent inhabitants of the town have provided a strong base of support for him over the years.

Mike is a great conservative and a longtime friend of Cong. Henry Hyde of Illinois.

Bilirakis swipes the huge senior citizen votes away from the Dems and it just kills 'em. His son is moving up the political ranks statewise, and I hope he turns out to be as conservative as his dad......or I should say I hope the almond doesn't fall far from the baklava.

Tarpon Springs is a great tourist magnet and a short drive from where I live. When I have northern guests, they all want to go to the "sponge docks", see the sights and eat real Greek food. I love to go there myself. It's great fun. The Greek townspeople are friendly, hard-working and many of the Greek young men are handsome dark-eyed, mustachioed dream-boats.

Leni