weekly wednesday field trip!

This morning in Greek class we learned how to tell time. It felt a bit like we were going back to kindergarden, except this time we actually have to learn the numbers also since we don't know them haha. We also did a spelling exercise where she read us a few sentences from yesterday's dialogue and we had to write them down. I'm pretty used to spelling by ear and using accents, so it wasn't much of a problem for me. The only difficultly was that there are 3 different letters for the "i" sound, and I didn't know which one was correct all the time, but she said it's alright if we have those errors since she's trying to stress consonant and verb sounds at the moment.

We had an hour break after class, so Katlynn Tina and I hurried back to the dorm and changed into running clothes and went for a nice sunny run. I felt very productive. It would be better during a two hour break so I could take a shower that was longer than 2 minutes, but it still worked out pretty well.

At noon we had our Albanian class. He talked about the Ottoman Empire and some general Greek and Albanian history and a lot of other things. The material is interesting but the professor is trying to tell us so much so quickly, and very enthusiastically, with a Greek accent, so it's sometimes difficult to follow. But, we got out of class 20 minutes early so we had time to go to lunch without rushing, which was good. I actually enjoyed the meal; the entree was a zucchini/potato dish in lots of olive oil with some seasoning, and there was also a casserole type dish with cheese and French fries on top haha.

At three, we went on our Wednesday excursion to the Byzantine Museum and Castle of Ioannina. This is in town, really close to the lake and the resstaurants where we've been frequently, so going there is really easy by city bus, but for some reason we took a charter bus. Waste of money in my opinion, but oh well. I uploaded a big folder with pictures but I haven't made the "Best of" folder yet. It's coming though, don't worry. Here are a few pictures from the day: