Time For Greek

γειά σου όλοι (Hello all!)

Sunday was a free day for us so we explored the flea market near the Plaka. I was in need of some sunglasses, but luckily for me, there were many to choose from. Mine cost about €6, not bad. There were a lot of shoes stores and many sketchy vendors (all non-Greek).

My first suitemate, Teresa from Wisconsin, and I went for lunch at a local taverna. We had a great view of the acropolis from our seats and the waiter spoke English and was very kind to us. Our meal was very Greek and incredibly delicious! Yum. We explored more of the market and met the most friendly greek man ever! He recognized our North Face jackets and began a looong conversation with us, but we didn't mind. However, I could've done without the pinching of my cheeks. Ouch.

We met up with the rest of the group to head home because it began to rain and luckily no dog followed us this time! The rest of the day was uneventful. I finished the first book of the Twilight series (yes, you read that correctly,) and read through my travel books on Athens.

Zach, one of the 4 missing, arrived in Athens Sunday night. So, then we were only missing 3 girls.

Monday was the first day of classes. The boys were late to class, which was at 11:30 and Dr Killebrew was not happy at all. We began with our history class on Crete. We already have to write 2 papers, but they shouldn't be hard to write at all. Dr Killebrew is pretty cool and I can't wait for our other class with her. We had time in between our two classes to get some more notebooks and gyros for lunch.

Gyro is the most delicious "sandwich" ever made. It consists of meat, french fries, tomatoes, onions, and tzatziki (yogurt, cucumbers, and garlic). Oh, man. πολύ καλά (very good).

We then had our Greek language class at 4pm. Our instructor Yanna is very nice and really wants to help us learn her beautiful language. We learned the letters and some introductory words like hello and how are you. I am very eager to learn more.

We only have two classes a day, for two hours each. The classes go by very quickly and it hardly seems that we were in class for 4 hours.

The remaining 3 girls arrived late afternoon, but did not attend the language class with us. They were very tired. It should be interesting to figure out all our shower schedules and other things in the apartment. Oy, vey.

Tomorrow we have to get up very early to some more crap for the visas and Greek government. Not looking forward to that at all. Boo. Then we have two classes: Archaeology and Byzantine history. Should be interesting.

That's all, folks.

καληνύχτα

(good night)