σαββατοκύριακο (weekend)

This weekend was pretty chill. We played lots of cards which was fun; I haven't done that in a while. On Saturday, Tani and I went into town and just explored a different part of town. Well, we always use the word town but it's definitely a city; the place is huge and we've only seen a small part of it. I hadn't realized that there was a large residential area pretty close to the part of town we're familiar with, but it turns out there is. We found a few parks that were filled with trees and swing sets, which was neat. There were also a lot of pretty stone buildings just a few blocks away from the main street and a spectacular mural, so I filled the last of my memory card I've taken 1630 pictures here so far haha.





Katlynn, Tina, Megan and I went to the track in the evening and played some volleyball and frisbee, which was lots of fun. I'm terrible at volleyball, but I like play and of course getting to throw a frisbee was pretty much the highlight of my day. A lot of people were at the track walking or running, and one man had his daughter there. She was probably about 8 and didn't speak English, but Katlynn spoke enough Greek to invite her to come play with us, so she joined us for some frisbee too. I also ran a little bit without IT band pain, which was exciting.
Today I didn't do much. I spent several hours sitting with my feet propped up on the windowsill in the sun reading about the Greek independence movement. We have a variety of photocopies from textbooks about Greek and Albanian history. It turns out that they relate quite nicely to the lectures, so a lot more of what my professor has talked about makes sense now. After I felt like I had sitting for far too long, I went on another run, also pain-free, so I'm pleased that I can work out again.