Last night we ventured to the ‘Athens Center’ for a poetry reading. The center is a characteristically Athenian white stucco building with enormous, 20-foot maroon and wood paneled doors. The center is a space used for study by multiple U.S and E.U universities. It’s a wonderful facility, complete with yet another charming rooftop terrace. The view from each patio varies significantly. There’s only one Athens, but thousands of views of Athens. The Athens Center provided us with wine and cheese and around 11 we all moved back towards the Plaka, which is the area of Athens beneath the Acropolis, for dinner. After dinner we were all pretty exhausted (and eagerly anticipating our second Greek class…:/) so we decided to go back to our hotel’s terrace and enjoy the bar.
Fortunately, Greek class was entirely more enjoyable today. I memorized the alphabet and the sounds that were tripping me up, so now I can “sound-out” (yes, like a first-grader) most words (with an enormous margin of error, of course). We now know simple introductions, how to order foods and drinks, definite/indefinite articles, and about five verb conjugations. Wooohoo!
Our afternoon workshop was so enjoyable. We usually start our classes on the roof and briefly discuss some of the (relatively light) reading we have completed. Today we read some of our own writing- there are some great writers in my seminar. For the rest of our class, Scott took us to Lykavittos mountain where we took a tram (built inside the mountain) to the summit. At the peak we could look (down!) on the Acropolis and there was a small white stucco church and restaurant. We stopped for drinks, and Scott bought us all a round of drinks ‘on the program.’
Now, we’re back at the hotel. We’re going to a pub called the “James Joyce” tonight. A bunch of English majors….would….
*That's my roomate, Molly, on the right. Unfortunately, she doesn't respond to "mol" or "molice" or "molcarn." But i still think she's cool.
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