don't eat fish soup. you know, just in case you though that sounded good...

Today was pretty normal; nothing too exciting happened. I had greek class, during which we learn another conjugation pattern. It's getting easier to read although we're still all slow. Listening to us read must be like teaching 5 year olds how to sound out words haha. We also talked about birthdays. Here, you invite your friends out and you pay for everything, not the other way around, even if you're a kid. You also celebrate both your birthday AND your name day. Each saint has a day so if your name is similar to theirs, that's your day. There's also a day for everyone else who doesn't have a saint with the same name.
In dance class, we were more or less successful at the semi-complicated 12 step dance. We also learned two other dances which aren't in a big circle. In one, couples form a line and walk around in a circle for a while and then make a big tunnel which everyone goes under, which is fun. In the other, couples face each other with all the girls standing shoulder to shoulder and the boys in front of them. Then, the girls line walks backwards 8 steps and the boys like walks forward 8 steps. reverse, repeat, reverse repeat, etc haha.
We had Greek/Albanian class. The professor continued to talk really fast with his accent and use poor handwriting. I would find the material really interesting if I could understand it better, but oh well.
At lunch, I ate a salad and a soup with fish in it. That was a mistake, I think, because when I tried to go on a run later, I did not feel very good. I went to dinner with the other girls who had gone to work out, and we stayed for a really long time, leaving a little after 9. It was freezing out so we all ran back since we had workout clothes on (the only downside being that we get SO many stares in the cafeteria), which was fun and way faster than walking.

Love Alex