I feel like Greek language concepts in general are sticking nicely; I understand everything we do in class pretty well, but I haven't spent much time memorizing vocab so I'm still lacking in that area. Tomorrow, my teacher is supposed to speak in all Greek. I don't think we'll get anything done, but maybe we'll all miraculously know lots of vocab and be able to understand. haha.
We had another huge break today, so after class I went to the gym for the first time. I just used a bike since I didn't want to run, but there was a relatively small weights section and a basketball court. There were also a few other Greek girls using the bikes and treadmills. They all wore normal-ish clothes. Working out doesn't seem to be as big of a deal for them here.
This afternoon, I registered for classes, although hopefully I won't actually be taking those since I will be taking civil classes (fingers crossed that I get in!). Registration therefore seemed pointless, but I could definitely get used to having such an early registration date; all of my classes were wide open :)
We only had an hour of Albanian class, which means my laptop battery can make it for sure, which I like since outlets are few and far between in that classroom. I think taking notes on the computer is paying off; I knew the answers to more questions that he asked since I had learned more and could look in my old notes more easily.
We ended class early to go into town and do our last day of interviews (yay!). We had two half-interviews, since the people had to go, but we also had two full interviews. One of them was with Olga, a 37 year old woman working in a fabric shop, who talked lots and lots and had great answers, so we enjoyed talking to her. After, we met the class for dinner. We ate at a phenomenal Asian restaurant that had both sushi and chicken/veggie/shrimp/rice-type dishes. Not everyone though it was incredible, but I've been pretty deprived of Asian food for a long time, so I loved it. It was twice as expensive as anywhere else we've eaten though, so next week might be cafeteria food haha.
Tomorrow is field trip day! We're going to the island in the middle of the lake, so I'll have more pictures :)
Love Alex
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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