ok folks call me mad, but i'm going ahead and planning an athenian picnic a few MONTHS in advance but i'm doing this so that all you wacky brits can take advantage of some FAB cheapo airfare while it's till cheapo and so you can submit your holiday requests and all that fun stuff (aren't i sooo practical?) anyway, the date i have fixed on is: SUNDAY, MARCH 24 if this is problemmatic for anyone who had planned on coming, let me know and we'll do something creative maybe. for everyone else, write it in your calendars yes! um and email me if you are even considering coming. LOGISTICS (including and followed by ENTICEMENTS): easyjet has insanely cheap flights right now. the sooner you book the better because the prices increase randomly. i suggest you make a proper holiday of it and come for a week. i'll be happy to put you up or find you cheap accomodations (everything is pretty cheap here) and will entertain you and show you all the sites. here's what i found: from london luton to athens, tuesday, march 19, 27 quid from athens to london on monday, march 25 or tuesday, march 26, 22 quid (both fares at www.easyjet.com) i flew a cheap charter flight to london (air2000..eek!) and it was AWFUL. i flew easyjet back to athens and it was actually quite fab! nice new plane, lots of room, the stewerdesses were always available but didn't hassle you. it's a 4-hour flight. http://www.geocities.com/dahling007 ok..as for enticements: 1) huge bottles of beer for 20p! 2) lovely weather and no tourists!! BEAUTIFUL blue skies and all that postcard-perfect stuff. 3) joanna and i have chosen the perfect spot already: a park near an abandoned airport with lush green grass that no one else goes to. PLUS it's by the sea!!! so after we eat and drink to silliness we can walk along the beach. mmmm. 4) several sinisterenes on week-long holidays means more than one day of drinking fun. it means endless fun. it means late nights eating cheap yummy YUMMY food and drinking cheap yummy wine at a rembetika taverna (traditional greek jazz); starlight walks among ancient ruins; ISLAND JAUNTS! yes. and parties at the shack's shag shack itself... in the old brothel district. awwwwww shit. 5) all this is super cheap.. like, less than 300 quid. probably less than 200 quid. 6) you get to meet MOI (and get guided tours by a real live classicist) and joanna and dimitra and probably mr. broccoli. um... do you really need much enticement to take a grecian holiday??? anyway...email me! lyns, sunny rachel, danny... i know you're interested. anyone else? waiting... ~dahling ps: i'm setting b&s members invites as we speak..hehehe! _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+