The Beginning

Oh. My. Goodness. People. You would not even believe the place I am staying at in Greece. We moved to the beach house last week and it is 1000 times greater than anything I could have imagined. This is the house: (pics won't work...imagine a huge, beautiful white house)

This is the view from my room: (palmetto trees and the bluest water you've ever seen)
And this is where I hang out every day and sunbathe: (amazing little beach with blue water and pebbles)

Can you even stand it? I can’t either. The kid is really the only damper in this whole situation, but we are doing ok. He is kind of fickle. Sometimes he likes me and we get along and do fun things….and other times he decides I suck and he is going to pout. I haven’t figured out yet what it is that makes him mad, but I don’t really care. He comes around after a little bit and all is well.

The beach here is so beautiful! And its so different from at home! First off, the beach is made of rocks…no sand. Which is great! No sand in your suit, your eyes, your bag, and all kinds of other places you don’t want sand to be. And we have to wear shoes into the water because there are sea urchins on the ground waiting to poke you. Also the water is so clear and beautiful! It’s cool…you can go swimming really far out. Today the grandma went on a little snorkel expedition by herself. Then she came back and lathered up in baby oil to do some sun tanning. She seems pretty BA. I don’t really know because she doesn’t speak any English and Panayotis doesn’t like to translate. But she seems cool. Anyone sun bathing at 75 is awesome in my book. I have a feeling she is a lot like Germaine, but I can’t really tell since she only speaks Greek. But I think I’m right.

Lask week we took a boat ride to some cool little beaches and then went to a hidden cove of sorts and had dinner at the smallest boat port I’ve ever seen. It was literally a restaurant, about 10 boats and five houses. And it was super fabulous. I love being on the boat more than anything and things are no different here. We had some interestingly cooked fish and shrimp for dinner. Not my fave, but it was good. The dad keeps making me drink this Greek vodka and it is SO intense. I can’t really handle it and he doesn’t understand why I don’t love it.

The food situation is interesting here too. That is probably the one thing I miss about home…being in control of what I eat. I like most everything they are giving me here, but they are giving me way to much of it! Also, you know how picky I am, but I don’t want to be difficult, so I have been eating a lot of things that I don’t particularly enjoy. I’m not complaining though…just saying. Also, we had spaghetti today for lunch. Which I thought was an interesting choice since it was extremely hot outside. Pretty much every day we have some sort of hot meal for lunch that makes me extremely tired and full. Another interesting thing is how seriously they take meals here. When I was growing up, lunch at the beach were sandwiches, chips, orange slices, and juice boxes in the sand. Here, we eat at the table, with a tablecloth, placemats, real silverware and glasses, three courses and dessert. It’s kind of bizarre. I don’t know if this is a Greek people thing or a rich people thing. Either way is fine with me because then we had a three hour siesta and I was extremely happy.

So that’s my life. Other than swimming and playing games, nothing much is going on with me. I’m getting super tan, which makes me happy because I lost my great tan I had going on during camp. This new Greek tan will be even better! Can’t wait! Also, the internet is super slow here, so sorry if I am out of touch for the next couple of weeks!