gnoll's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greece The other night i was in Italy but it looked alot like Greece. I was visiting restaurant that had been generating quite a buzz amongst the socially elite in the area. The funny thing was that when i arrived it wasn't terribly busy, the bartender told me that it had never been busy, mostly because people avoided making the trip to the restaurant thinking they wouldn't be able to get in. It was quite nice though, most of the seating was outdoors on a very large stone patio that was situated at the edge of a 500+ foot cliff overlooking the city below. I was pretty amazed by the view but immediately felt a little uncomfortable when i stepped out onto the patio, the wind was pretty stong and always seemed to be blowing towards the edge of the cliff, and they didn't even have a railing. I was surprised to hear that no one had fallen off the edge yet. Naturally we (?) were to be seated on the patio, even worse than that we were seated along a popluar stretch of seating that was butted right up against the building and the cliff itself, it was essentially a ledge no more than 4 or 5 feet in width. The ground was uneven and the tables and chairs wobbled. The waiters walked along a narrow dirt path beside the tables that was no more than 1 foot in width, they walked carefully. The whole scene was a little to tense for me, sorry im not going to risk my life over an afternoon meal. I suggested that we dine inside. Inside was less interesing, poor view, poor lighting, even the food being served looked crummier, it was like we were in a cafeteria. I decided to help out one of the waiters by serving the ladies at the other table, though im sure i did it just to shut them up : "where's my coffee?! where's Her coffee?! where's the marmalade?!" ...nag nag whine nag... I went over and poured her a cup of coffee and gave her a glass of orange juice. As i walked away from the table i heard her complain : "orange juice with my coffee?!! ..Jesus, that's just sick!" 10:45:35 - 2000-04-17 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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