Random Greece stuff
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zonewombatI speak Greek better now than when I left on R&R. Actually, I don't think that's true, I think I just can focus on how much more I understand and can say than the last time I got off a plane in Athens.
R mentioned that a disconnect of being in the States is seeing minorities. Athens is extremely homogenous, and even knowing that I stand out, I tend to forget how homogenous it is. I really noticed when I got back, how much everybody looks the same.
I hung bird feeders on the back porch. Two weeks with no action on them. Plenty of birds in the back yard, and I did my research for the feeders and seed type to match the birds...but the birds here have no clue what a bird feeder is.
OTOH, we did see a pair of hoopoes! So very cool. They were grazing in the park across the street. I thought they were woodpeckers at first.
I've also gotten very comfortable with eating at 8:30 pm, and having dinner last longer than an hour (usually two). It's not quite Greek style (10:30 pm - 2:00 am dinner), but it's not US style (6:30 at the latest, and the wait staff will run you out at the 45 minute mark). Once again I realize I'm not really USian, but not really European or anything else.
R mentioned that a disconnect of being in the States is seeing minorities. Athens is extremely homogenous, and even knowing that I stand out, I tend to forget how homogenous it is. I really noticed when I got back, how much everybody looks the same.
I hung bird feeders on the back porch. Two weeks with no action on them. Plenty of birds in the back yard, and I did my research for the feeders and seed type to match the birds...but the birds here have no clue what a bird feeder is.
OTOH, we did see a pair of hoopoes! So very cool. They were grazing in the park across the street. I thought they were woodpeckers at first.
I've also gotten very comfortable with eating at 8:30 pm, and having dinner last longer than an hour (usually two). It's not quite Greek style (10:30 pm - 2:00 am dinner), but it's not US style (6:30 at the latest, and the wait staff will run you out at the 45 minute mark). Once again I realize I'm not really USian, but not really European or anything else.
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Date: 2006-06-12 08:59 pm (UTC)But you realise that this is a good thing, yes?
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Date: 2006-06-13 06:50 am (UTC)Buffista Island, ahoy!