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It was a wonderful and crazy day today! In the morning, after the Mass, there was a feast held at our Community hall to in commemoration of the "OHI" day (literally "The day of NO" -- that is, the refusal of Greece to surrender to the troops of Moussolini, which happened in 1940; the Greeks eventually defeated the Italian fascists and drove them out of Greece), as well as the days of heroic Resistance to Nazis (after the defeat of Italian troops, Greece was immediately attacked by Hitler; and although Greeks fought fearlessly and kept the nazis back for almost a month, Greece had no more strength, and was occupied by the Germans. There was, however, a strong Resistance movement in Greece throughout the occupation -- one of the strongest in Europe -- and Greek guerrillas never let the Nazis feel secure on the Greek land).
Just after the dismissal prayer, our choir sung the National Anthem of Greece. Then, the new military attache maid a speech (which I did not like at all, though; the former attache used to speak much better ;)), and everybody went to the community hall. The food offered there was not as good as, say, we used to have two years ago (now, there were mostly souvlaki and pites, but it was still very nice; anyway, it was not the food, but the celebration itself that really mattered.
Children from the Greek school made a whole performance: they recited poems, performed a nice sketch about a tsolias and an Italian, sang songs of the war period... And, of course, we all sang with them :) Most of all (which is natural ;)) I enjoyed the "Βάζει ο Ντούτσε τη στολή του" ("The Duche puts on his uniform" -- a very funny one) and "The Accordion"; in my schooldays, we used to sing them, too. (By the way, I found the one about Duche on a CD, performed by Sofia Vembo herself!! If somebody of you want it, I can try and send you the mp3).
At about 2 o'clock, I went home, and we barely had time to make everything ready for the guests (in fact, when Roman and Serge arrived, Anastasia and me were still busy with the table and wearing aprons ;) Of course, we quickly ran upstairs to change, and returned in our nice clothes :))
Instead of 18, we had only 15 guests (some could not come), but we still had a really good time. We chatted, we listened to music, played the "mafia" game (oh, I like it!;)) -- and, of course, we ate the food prepared on Saturday ("the cooking day", remember?) The guests left at 10 in the evening, which is, of course, somewhat early, but it was Sunday evening, and we all had to get up early the next day. We decided to meet again in two weeks time, after the exams. I am really looking forward to it!
Today, I had some difficulty with waking up ;) (after the guests left, we still had to clean up the dishes, so we only went to bed at 12). I arrived to the Portuguese conversation class in a terrible sleepy state and immediately began confusing indicative with subjunctive. Fortunately, after this class I had time to go and have some coffee with Dad; so, when I finally got to the Greek class, I was half awake already, and managed to prove to Prof. Mader that Alcibiades is really a demagogue. (He even congratulated me on the excellent work -- not Alcibiades, of course, but my prof ;)) My spirits rose quite a lot, and I went to the library in a cheerful mood. When, however, I arrived there, I discovered that I had forgotten my notes at home and had no idea of what prescribed books I should look for. I could not even phone and ask my mum, for nobody, except myself, can decipher the notes I make ;) I consoled myself very soon, though, by going to the literature shelves and picking a nice book :)
Also, I have received some very nice news today: my French exam is not on wednesday, but on Thursday; so, I still have two days to prepare for it.
Good night to you all!
Just after the dismissal prayer, our choir sung the National Anthem of Greece. Then, the new military attache maid a speech (which I did not like at all, though; the former attache used to speak much better ;)), and everybody went to the community hall. The food offered there was not as good as, say, we used to have two years ago (now, there were mostly souvlaki and pites, but it was still very nice; anyway, it was not the food, but the celebration itself that really mattered.
Children from the Greek school made a whole performance: they recited poems, performed a nice sketch about a tsolias and an Italian, sang songs of the war period... And, of course, we all sang with them :) Most of all (which is natural ;)) I enjoyed the "Βάζει ο Ντούτσε τη στολή του" ("The Duche puts on his uniform" -- a very funny one) and "The Accordion"; in my schooldays, we used to sing them, too. (By the way, I found the one about Duche on a CD, performed by Sofia Vembo herself!! If somebody of you want it, I can try and send you the mp3).
At about 2 o'clock, I went home, and we barely had time to make everything ready for the guests (in fact, when Roman and Serge arrived, Anastasia and me were still busy with the table and wearing aprons ;) Of course, we quickly ran upstairs to change, and returned in our nice clothes :))
Instead of 18, we had only 15 guests (some could not come), but we still had a really good time. We chatted, we listened to music, played the "mafia" game (oh, I like it!;)) -- and, of course, we ate the food prepared on Saturday ("the cooking day", remember?) The guests left at 10 in the evening, which is, of course, somewhat early, but it was Sunday evening, and we all had to get up early the next day. We decided to meet again in two weeks time, after the exams. I am really looking forward to it!
Today, I had some difficulty with waking up ;) (after the guests left, we still had to clean up the dishes, so we only went to bed at 12). I arrived to the Portuguese conversation class in a terrible sleepy state and immediately began confusing indicative with subjunctive. Fortunately, after this class I had time to go and have some coffee with Dad; so, when I finally got to the Greek class, I was half awake already, and managed to prove to Prof. Mader that Alcibiades is really a demagogue. (He even congratulated me on the excellent work -- not Alcibiades, of course, but my prof ;)) My spirits rose quite a lot, and I went to the library in a cheerful mood. When, however, I arrived there, I discovered that I had forgotten my notes at home and had no idea of what prescribed books I should look for. I could not even phone and ask my mum, for nobody, except myself, can decipher the notes I make ;) I consoled myself very soon, though, by going to the literature shelves and picking a nice book :)
Also, I have received some very nice news today: my French exam is not on wednesday, but on Thursday; so, I still have two days to prepare for it.
Good night to you all!