Today, we went with Stratos and had Greek coffee (which I love, and apparently is the the same as Turkish coffee) while he and his friends gave Erin and very interesting Greek history lesson about Turkey and Greece (did you know they ruled here in Greece for 400 years?). One of his friends is an NBA sportswriter here in Greece and it was fun hearing him talk about what he likes to write about.
Then we went to a fish lunch at the most favorite fish place in all of Greece and he said the famous Greek people go there. The pictures I have (i'll post them later) are UNREAL! I got a picture of me holding the fish we picked for our lunch (it had teeth!) and we ate calamari, fish, crab (my favorite aside from the fish) and OCTOPUS (i really liked it and chowed down on it!) We had theeeee best time! His friends are fun and we laughed and ate and laughed and ate and laughed and ate!! Oh man! We all came home and napped pretty hard!
Well, that's it for now. We have a Biblical tour of Athens tomorrow with about TEN pastors and then Stratos' game tomorrow night! The fun is never ending! What am I going to do when it's time to go home? Most definitely cry! I keep having these horrific dreams about work and dread about going back. I NEVER want to go back! I keep day dreaming about becoming a writer...i so badly want to become a writer! I wonder if it'll ever happen. I want to promote health through my writing. Erin and I were just watching tv while eating some yummy sweets (the best!...i've set a 15 lb weight gain limit but i may have to widen to 20! haha!...though i did have a great workout this am, i rode for 20 minutes, elyptical for 5, and ran for 10 minutes then did core and upper body weights...felt so awesome and exciting and hopeful that I may be able to run the Sacramento marathon in 3 weeks...a definite maybe with my pulled hammy). But back to what i was saying before my ADD moment...erin and I were watching a HILARIOUS tv show about these Japanese people doing these absurd obstacle courses and with a three stooge-ish like overtone they'd fall and wreck hilariously. I guess with such a serious and stoic people it was reeeeeally funny to see them. All this is to get to the long drawn out point that the first comerical for anti-smoking came on that erin has seen here in all her 4 years in Greece. It was of a little girl looking outside at her papa smoking banging on the window, until her mommy came and hugged her, then they showed an empty chair as if he had died. They then said in Greek that smoking kills. WOW! I think there just is NO info for the people here on the effects of smoking, and literally EVERYONE SMOKES HERE! Starbucks is the only antismoking place and that's why we keep going there! There's alot that can be done to spread healthly lifestyle habits to people at home and people around the world!
K, have your best day for it is truly the only one you know you have!
Jenny :)
My favorite picture
at our gym where everyone stares at us like were aliens! haha!
Elderly are everywhere, its probably my most favorite part of Greece!
At the soccer game, more pictures to come...it was unreal! So fun!
our one rest day yesterday, while it was also the only rainy and cold day so far! Today was bright and sunny.
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