I can't believe how fun it is here!! And so funny too! Erin being so tall and beautiful sticks out like a sore thumb! It's amazing to me how many funny things happen to her! So, she was in a taxi and the driver said, "how much do you weigh?!!" and she told him and he shook his finger 'no' while saying, "too much too much!" and when she went to get out he looked her up and down and motioned his hand back and fourth (like asi asi) and said, "wellll, is ok, is ok" HAHA!!! He approved...what the heck! So funny!!
THEN...she was getting into another taxi and the guy started yelling with his fingers in the air (like Italian style) "BUTARES'!!! BUTARES'!!!" Erin didn't know this word so she was going back and fourth with him trying to understand what he was saying but all he would say was, "BUTARE!" So, when she got out of the taxi she called Stratos and asked what butare meant and he said, "who said that to you?" and she told him and Stratos said it means, "BIGGGG THIGHS!!!!" AHHHHA!!! Stratos said, "he's a friggen' idiot" (Napoleon Dynamite). I could NOT stop laughing, seriously.
Ok, so Greek people have many kinds of sign language type expressions. At the games all the fans would throw both hands forward when they didn't like a call or a bad play by their own team which looked like they were casting a spell...and apparently it's the most offensive gesture, worse than the middle finger here. Interesting.
The other gesture is to raise two eyebrows and click your tongue which means, "no"...it seems super rude but it's just a socially acceptable way to say no in Greece. Well, there's an African American guy from LA playing on Stratos' bball team (there are guys from the NBA here playing) and when a Greek guy kept doing that to him he told erin at first he was confused, then angry, then finally said, "that don't mean nothing to me, quit!" Erin and I have been dying laughing at that!! I mean seriously, I think African Americans are theee funniest people on earth...their humor has no comparison!! UGH! Haha!! Haha!! Oh my!! But, on a serious note, it is so fun to see and know people from all kinds of varying cultural backgrounds. Anthropology fascinates me to no end.
Well, im going to cut it short for now. My legs feel awesome and i think im going to try and run at the gym. Erin was laughing at me as I seemed to have forgotten the servere pain I endured just a couple days ago and already feeling ancy to get running again. My hamstring is still tight so i will just jog easy and pay close attention to it. Were still sitting next to a fire, super cozy while it's actually raining out today and pretty cold.
Did I mention how much I LOVE GREECE?????? I DIDNT KNOW ID LOVE IT SO MUCH! I think there are two top reasons why i love it here. Firstly, the food is beyond belief! Everything is so flavorful and made with olive oil, unprocessed and so fresh, far better than the states!! My tummy is usually pretty sensitive and it has been 100% happy with everything i've eaten. The sweets are incredibly delicious! Secondly, the elderly are so a part of this culture and there's something so sweet about that, so much more secure having them all out and about active and healthy. I LOVE ELDERLY and at home we just don't see too many 80-90 year olds walking around doing their errands and such. Thirdly, I love the abundance of flower shops here...they are literally everywhere. Fourthly, I love that each restaurant is individually unique. There are only a couple chain restraints which one of course includes mcdonalds...grrr. But, the rest are amazing and different. Fifthly, I love the music here! Were going to hear some live music hopefully. Sixthly, I love how athletically minded these people are, granted the groupies/fans are absolutely nuts and sometimes downright insane, but it truly is fun to be around people who love sports so much! Seventhly, wait...i was going to cut it short...but i truly could keep going on and on.
Today I read my Bible and the prayer of Jabez was the chapter I just happened to be on...i love it! Check it out how cute and adorable this man's prayer was in the old testament...
1 Chronicles 4: 9 "Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying,'because I bore him in pain.' And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, 'Oh, that You would bless me indded, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that I may not cause pain!' So God granted him what he requested."
What a cute prayer, he asked that he wouldn't cause any pain.
Ok, bye.
Jenny
and i also like that the air here feels clean, and there isn't any trash in the streets.
THEN...she was getting into another taxi and the guy started yelling with his fingers in the air (like Italian style) "BUTARES'!!! BUTARES'!!!" Erin didn't know this word so she was going back and fourth with him trying to understand what he was saying but all he would say was, "BUTARE!" So, when she got out of the taxi she called Stratos and asked what butare meant and he said, "who said that to you?" and she told him and Stratos said it means, "BIGGGG THIGHS!!!!" AHHHHA!!! Stratos said, "he's a friggen' idiot" (Napoleon Dynamite). I could NOT stop laughing, seriously.
Ok, so Greek people have many kinds of sign language type expressions. At the games all the fans would throw both hands forward when they didn't like a call or a bad play by their own team which looked like they were casting a spell...and apparently it's the most offensive gesture, worse than the middle finger here. Interesting.
The other gesture is to raise two eyebrows and click your tongue which means, "no"...it seems super rude but it's just a socially acceptable way to say no in Greece. Well, there's an African American guy from LA playing on Stratos' bball team (there are guys from the NBA here playing) and when a Greek guy kept doing that to him he told erin at first he was confused, then angry, then finally said, "that don't mean nothing to me, quit!" Erin and I have been dying laughing at that!! I mean seriously, I think African Americans are theee funniest people on earth...their humor has no comparison!! UGH! Haha!! Haha!! Oh my!! But, on a serious note, it is so fun to see and know people from all kinds of varying cultural backgrounds. Anthropology fascinates me to no end.
Well, im going to cut it short for now. My legs feel awesome and i think im going to try and run at the gym. Erin was laughing at me as I seemed to have forgotten the servere pain I endured just a couple days ago and already feeling ancy to get running again. My hamstring is still tight so i will just jog easy and pay close attention to it. Were still sitting next to a fire, super cozy while it's actually raining out today and pretty cold.
Did I mention how much I LOVE GREECE?????? I DIDNT KNOW ID LOVE IT SO MUCH! I think there are two top reasons why i love it here. Firstly, the food is beyond belief! Everything is so flavorful and made with olive oil, unprocessed and so fresh, far better than the states!! My tummy is usually pretty sensitive and it has been 100% happy with everything i've eaten. The sweets are incredibly delicious! Secondly, the elderly are so a part of this culture and there's something so sweet about that, so much more secure having them all out and about active and healthy. I LOVE ELDERLY and at home we just don't see too many 80-90 year olds walking around doing their errands and such. Thirdly, I love the abundance of flower shops here...they are literally everywhere. Fourthly, I love that each restaurant is individually unique. There are only a couple chain restraints which one of course includes mcdonalds...grrr. But, the rest are amazing and different. Fifthly, I love the music here! Were going to hear some live music hopefully. Sixthly, I love how athletically minded these people are, granted the groupies/fans are absolutely nuts and sometimes downright insane, but it truly is fun to be around people who love sports so much! Seventhly, wait...i was going to cut it short...but i truly could keep going on and on.
Today I read my Bible and the prayer of Jabez was the chapter I just happened to be on...i love it! Check it out how cute and adorable this man's prayer was in the old testament...
1 Chronicles 4: 9 "Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying,'because I bore him in pain.' And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, 'Oh, that You would bless me indded, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that I may not cause pain!' So God granted him what he requested."
What a cute prayer, he asked that he wouldn't cause any pain.
Ok, bye.
Jenny
and i also like that the air here feels clean, and there isn't any trash in the streets.
2 comments:
Hey girl! LOVING being able to read your FUNNY updates!!!! Praying for you! Love ya! Jen
great pictures..
appreciate them! Maybe someday we'll all live somewhere..doing something..somehow..samwise..
sunshine..moonshine(for that matter)..shoeshine..together..like a feather..whatever..never say "never"..forever..ooohhhhsoooo clever..ever-after..faster..so I can make a jail-break..sooner..bafooner..yyaaahaaa!
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