SPACIAL REALITY

It’s a sun splash hot day pinkish white clouds dot the sky. Daniel who has served in the Navy for three years now, departs the deck of the aircraft carrier he’s station on that is docked in Athens Greece.

Daniel heads down the gang plank with a group of seven sailors on the way to tour the sites of Athens. The young sailors pass a vendor about a mile from the aircraft carrier. Even though it’s early in the morning, the aroma of cooking foods entices the group. Daniel steps up to the vendors cart asking, what’s cooking Joe? The Greek vendor looks up at Daniel smiling and replies in broken English. We have baby octopus, some lamb and grilled squid. Everything has a delightful looking sauce on it. Mickey, one of the guys in the group speaks up, “What else do you have?” The vendor, not missing a beat, opens up a container displaying boiled eggs, green salad with black olives, feta cheese and pita bread. Marvin, another one of the sailors from the group, comments this is quite an assortment of foods. Marvin continues I’ll have two boiled eggs, some octopus with all the trimmings in a pita bread and coffee. Everyone in the group is ordering different food items and drinks. Daniel ask the vendor, “What’s that mystery food right here, pointing to a small container of greenish looking foods.”The vendor looks him straight in the eye and says its frog legs. 

The group walks toward a long red wooden picnic table at the end of the block and sits down on the benches. Everyone begins chowing down, talking loudly while looking at the people as they pass by on their way to work or heading out on a shopping spree.

Terry another group member asks, where are we going to visit today. All the sailors look at each other, but no one seem to have a clue. Daniel speaks up, “Let’s go see the ruins of Ancient Greece.” Sounds like a plan everyone is in agreement. Terry looks at a sign about one meter from the picnic table. My weird comprehension of Greek language serves me well, its straight ahead on the left.