Alexia delivers the news to Olympic Athens.

Alexia in Thission during women's cycling, with a talkative volunteer in the background.

One of many indications the Olympics were in town.

Volunteering at the baseball diamonds.

One Olympic trophy.

The "Helliniko Complex" requires lots of walking.

A cell phone and a flame behind it the day before the Games began. People didn't want to leave Dionysis Areopagitou St, even after the flame had passe

Mohammed Ali (?) gives his blessing from a concealed central Athens construction site.

The poet Melissinos tells a Brazilian journalist about an interesting phonecall he received.

Melissinos has outfitted too many celebrities to name.

It was hard to stay inside at night, with all the concerts in Omonia Square and elsewhere.

Alexia demonstrates the difficulty of finding a taxi in the early AM.

Public transport was nothing short of a miracle in Games-time.