a little background info

For those who do not know, Thessaloniki is on the north east coast of Greece. It is a city of 1 million people but is still described as having a small town feel. All I know coming into this experience is:

-I leave from SFO on Sep 3, 2009 and my return ticket is May 31, 2010 (who knows if my team will last that long as the last month or so is playoffs..hopefully we do!)

-I have an 8 hour lay over in London (of course the cheapest flight and most inconvenient flight was booked by my agent, but am still very happy it was paid for!)

-I then land in Athens and hopefully I will be able to recognize my Greek agent, Yiannis. The plan is so stay with him and his wife for a night and fly the next day to Thessaloniki with him.

-I have been told I have a spacious and very nice apartment in the center of the city and 300 meters away from one of the pools we practice in.

-Our first tournament is October 8th-11th which my team is hosting.

-At some point we will travel as a team to Belgrade, Serbia to train with their national team.

These are all the details I have received so far! Let the journey begin!!!