Giving the keynote adress for the workshop at ACT Thessalonki was such a tremendous experience. I wasn't nervous after all. And the creative writing workshop was fun too. The college is just gorgeous...I wish I could be a student in such a college and setting, at the foot of the Hortiach Hills, looking out over pine woods, sweeping mountains, the sea glittering blue in the distance. The campus is laid out with gardens, lovely buildings modern and old. The staff and students cheerful, happy, engaged.
I loved every minute and had a little flat in an attic to stay in so that I could sit out on the balcony at night; quiet, peaceful, enjoying the cool night air after a really hot sunny day.
Back in the UK now and guess what? It's raining.