I've done drives through Budapest and Oslo and used to drive to Sardinia, too, which is quite a journey. Drives are an adventure because I don't plan them too carefully. I take detours depending on how I feel and usually stop and stay at places I like the look of.


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Um...is that thing tame?" Frank said.
The horse whinnied angrily.
"I don't think so...
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Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Tyson pounding the Earthborn into the ground like a game of wha...
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Frank imitated the voice of Vitellius: 'They're wimps! Back in my day, we died all the time, and we ...
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He [Death] pulled a pure-black iPad from thin air. Death tapped the screen a few times and all Frank...
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Just his luck he was related to this grubby old dude. He hoped all sons of Neptune didn't share the ...
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Look," Percy continued, "I know I'm new here. I know you guys don't like to mention the massacre in ...
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Part of their problem was Percy. He fought like a demon, whirling through the defender's ranks in a ...
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Juno: "All roads lead there child. You should know that."
Percy: "Detention?
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They all ordered massive plates of eggs, pancakes, and reindeer sausage, though Frank looked a littl...
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Percy tried to remember. He really did. For some reason, Annabeth and he had visited a spa and decid...
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That's because we keep weapons in the attic, silly boy. Do you think this is the first time m...
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Tyson, Frank is a descendant of Poseidon."
"Brother!" Tyson crushed Frank in a hug.
Percy ...
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Elections only happen in two ways," Reyna said. "Either the legion raises someone on a shield after ...
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You speak horse?" Hazel asked.
"Speaking to horses is a Poseidon thing," Percy said. "Uh, I mea...
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Frank stared at him. "Unfair? You can breathe underwater and blow up glaciers and summon freaking hu...
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They're Lares. House gods."
"House gods," Percy said. "Like...smaller than real gods, but large...
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I'm fine!" Percy yelled out as he ran by, followed by a giant screaming bloody murder.
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This is Leo. I'm the... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or..."
"Repair boy." RICK RIORDAN
Reyna sent me to get Percy," Frank said. "Did Octavian accept you?"
"Yeah," Percy said. "He sla...
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Percy scowled. "I-I know you."
Nico raised his eyebrows. "Do you?
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Annabeth's face, her blond hair and gray eyes, the way she laughed, threw her arms around him, and g...
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Two hundred Romans, and no one’s got a pen? Never mind!"

He slung his M16 onto his bac...
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There!" Mars finished writing and threw the scroll at Octavian. "A prophecy. You can add it to your ...
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Jeez, Hazel," Percy said, "tell your horse to watch his language."
Hazel tried not to laugh. "W...
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Hey!" said the guy in the video. "Greetings from your friends at Camp Half-Blood, et cetera. This is...
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Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
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Now, come over here so I can pat you down."
"But you don't have-" Percy stopped. "Uh, sure." RICK RIORDAN
Can you surf really well, then?"
I looked at Grover, who was trying hard not to laugh.
"Je...
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Hera, do not dare take credit! You have caused at least as many problems as you fixed!
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He wondered if...his dad, Zeus, would write him a note: “Please excuse Jason from eternal damnatio...
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Usually I give demigods something simple like a shopping trip, singing a funny song, that sort of th...
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Nico danced around like he needed to use the restroom. "Does Zeus really have lightning
bolts t...
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If you look at it from any other side, it looks like a pile of enormous deer droppings, but Chiron w...
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Thalia blushed. "Hi, Lord Apollo."

Zeus's girl, yes? Makes you my half sister. Used to be...
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The god of wine looked around at the assembled crowd. “Miss me?”

The satyrs fell over...
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My faithful companion, Zoe Nightshade, has passed into the stars. I must have a new lieutenant. And ...
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Wait just a minute," Ares growled. He pointed at Thalia and me. "These two are dangerous. It'd be mu...
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But I've never even been to Olympus! Zeus is crazy!"

Chiron and Grover glanced nervously ...
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Kronos couldn't have risen if it hadn't been for a lot of demigods who felt abandoned by their paren...
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Your uncle," Poseidon sighed, "has always had a flair for dramatic exits. I think he would've done w...
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I looked at Thalia. "You're afraid of heights."

Now that we were safely down the mountain...
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Doesn't miss many meals, does he?" Zeus muttered. "Tyson, for your bravery in the war, and for leadi...
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The Council agrees," Zeus said. "Percy Jackson, you will have one gift from the gods."
I hesita...
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As for my brothers," Zeus said, "we are thankful"-he cleared his throat like the words were hard to ...
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It's just Annabeth mom jeez!
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Хей! - извика Гроувър. - Тя май припадна!
- Гррр! - обади...
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Той ме погледна тъжно, сякаш мислеше какви цветя да изб...
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