A Garden Party and Greek Dancing

Since the last update I have been having my first real week in Athens with real classes and everything. On Monday after my regular Monday-Wednesday classes the President of the college hosted a Garden Party at his home in the suburbs. We all got dressed up in our best (floral) outfit, and at 7 loaded on big tour buses and headed out of the city. They served us a delicious meal of kebabs, pita, and tzatziki which is a delicious mixture of cucumbers and yogurt, and for desert a delicious looking ice cream cone. As much fun as it was, and how nice it was we all had lots of work to do still, so we loaded on the buses and got dropped back at the school at like 10:30, so, of course, it was a round 11 by the time we got back. I was planning on doing more work, but instead both Anna (and Jason), and Jae were on Skype, so I talked to them instead.

Tuesday was uneventful, except for the fact that I got a plane ticket to Rome to meet up with Papa. Which was quite exciting. Also I got to talk to both him and Mama. That was nice. Not quite homesick yet, but it is probably inevitable.

Kathy and I had previously signed up for a Greek dancing class, and so after an "early" dinner, we went back to the academic center with Marti (who was crashing the class), and our neighbor Ali. Our teacher "Dancing George" taught us all how to do different dances from different parts of the nation, including Crete, Thrace, random islands, and many other places. It was tiring, but extremely fun. Here is a picture of the girls from my neighborhood and Dancing George.

This weekend my roommates, Ali, Alice, and another neighbor named Jen are going to Mykenos, which is apparently a party island. You know me though. I will probably be shut up doing Ancient Greek and sleeping. I'll let you know in my next adventure update!

Bonus! Pictures of a typical Alopekis 39 dinner!