The scenery here is beautiful with mountains and olive trees all around. There are also great views of the Mediterranean and the Rio bridge from all over the city. The downtown is a pretty neat area with lots of little bars and cafes that stay open all the time. The Greeks love to just sit around, talk, and drink coffee. It is a very relaxing way of life but I do wish things moved a little bit faster while I am still trying to settle in. All of the MEEES students are great and I think that we will get along very well. We are trying to plan some trips to Olympia, Delphi and maybe one of the islands before it gets too cold. The weather is a lot like it is in NC so I think that I will be bringing my shorts home for good when I come back at Christmas.
My apartment is extremely nice and my landlords are some of the kindest people that I have ever met. We can barely talk to each other but we get along great. The other day I looked out in the backyard and saw that a) there were turtles and b) the big one was stuck laying on its back. I went upstairs armed with my point it book to tell Spiros and Diana to flip him back over. We then spent the next hour playing a kind of charades while trying to talk about turtles or Ghee-loh-nee as they say in Greek. Every day the bring something new to the apartment including delicious home cooked food and chocolates. I still do not have internet yet but maybe today when the phone company said it will be ready tomorrow they really meant it.
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