It’s amazing to think that I’ve been in Athens now for three weeks as of tomorrow! I’ve gotten used to jaywalking on every street, eating dinner at 9:00 at night, and resenting the ATMs for giving me 50s, which small coffee shops will frequently refuse. Greek has formal and informal conjugations of verbs and pronouns, so that you first say Γεια σας as “hello,” but once you know someone after as little as one meeting, you can address them with Γεια σου! This literally means “health to you,” but just hello in everyday conversations. Instead of “cheers,” the Greeks say Γεια μας, “health to us.” I’ve made it to Γεια σου (the informal one) with a handful of locals here, so I think that means that Athens feels like home!
Just tonight I went to the Megaron with Catherine, Francesca and Rachel to see the Russian Ballet’s Swan Lake! The theater was filled with the CLASSIEST Greeks I’ve seen yet…but there were very few Americans, so that was cool! Despite the crisis, there are about 16 functioning theaters in Athens, all mostly full. The Megaron hosts concerts, lectures and performances with special offers for students, so I am sure I’ll be back sometime in my next three months!
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