The Village

So, I arrived in the village a week ago and have gotten nicely settled in now. It’s nice to be able to relax and spread out in the house and sit back. The hostels have been fun, and I can’t wait to get back to it, but I really like the break from everything. I have been to the beach almost every day since I got here and am eating some fantastic food. Fresh watermelon right from the farmers truck, tomatoes and cucumber from the backyard and my favorite – fresh figs from the trees right outside our house!

A few nights ago, My cousin Yannis, his mom Penny, wife Zoe, their son Ted and I went to Keramoti. It’s the beach town about a 15 minute drive from our village of Chrisoupoli and they took me to dinner at a fish restaurant. It was great, the server pretty much stood there and told us what came in from the boats that day. We had Octopus, shrimp, squid, tomato salad, and a few other things. The best part of it all was we were about 25 feet from the ocean.

My parents arrived a few days ago, and we have been resting a lot. Finally got to the beach yesterday for the first time, and now my parents are convinced that we must go every day, no matter the heat (which I have been saying since they got here.) I have gotten accustomed to the heat here because in Barcelona I was swimming in sweat every night as the hostel doesn't have any A/C and the nights were around 30 degrees....it was character building, that's for sure. We just got an internet stick for the rest of the month, and I will be able to post more often with this thing, so it's nice to have an internet connection every day now :)