It's All Greek to Me
My Grecian day actually started late last night, when I informed Anathema that I had the urge to write really bad "Troy" fic, which I gave into. Amanda has already corrected me on several things, which I will go back and fix, of course. But the idea needed to breathe a bit before I can do anything substantial with it.
Okay, so then today. Starts out pretty non-Greek (especially since I woke up at 5:30 in the morning!), until said Anathema and I decide to go see The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,in which one character spends the entire summer in Greece. I envied her for a number of reasons, but mostly they had to do with the BEAUTIFUL scenery and my desire to visit their grew exponentially over the course of said movie.
Then I came home. Parents and I went to the Greek festival in Hartford. I drank Greek beer, ate Greek food and heard Greek music. The Greek men left much to be desired, but that's okay. But I do now know that the authentic way to pronounce gyro is indeed "heero," which had been up for debate in my mind for quite some time.
Is it travel time yet?
3 Comments:
Big fat greek weekend indeed. You know, a lot of people take a month or two when they travel to Europe and hit several countries. Maybe you can do that, and visit both me and Athens in one shot. Marc got his ticket for $500. Maybe you could argue that it's important for English teachers to experience the historical roots of literature firsthand and get a grant. And monkeys might fly out of my butt.
I can't say much about Greek men myself, but Sarah might be able to share a few intimate details. Hee hee >=)
My parents and I went to the Greek Festival last year and had a great time.
I still say Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants doesn't really sound like a good movie but I absolutely love the title!
Sarah posts just to osuwari me and we still don't know if she's moving to St Croix?
*sulk*
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