I'm not enjoying this volunteering stuff very much. I have found two people to talk with, an English girl named Caroline and an English bloke named Martin, yet neither seems to be anywhere I am so again I'm destined for a lonely day.

Today I'm assigned to Baseball 2, the smaller, temporary field that provides no respite from the sun. The first two days it had been so windy and chilly in the evening that it never occurred to me it might be a hot, sunny, typical Athens summer day. In addition I had been in Baseball 1, a proper, shaded stadium yesterday. Uh oh, today is a scorcher and I find I'm assigned again to be an Access Monitor but out in the common area under the blazing, windless sky. I make a passing remark to our team leader, Nikos that I've forgotten my official Olympic hat. He automatically offers me a shady sentry post, keeping unauthorized people from the staff area. Then he brings a chair for me. Then I notice how adorable he is. He even speaks to me in English. Hmm, things are looking up.