Wednesday was a day of new events. In the early afternoon Karen, Eleftheria and I took Artemis on her first stroller ride around the neighborhood. She seemed to enjoy every thing about the outing except the stop at the post office was a little longer than she wished. In the evening Jill flew in from England and we had the traditional welcoming meal of pizza!
Thursday morning we took Jill on a short site seeing trip down to the center. We walked down and stopped at the Church of Agios Dimitrios and into the crypt beneath the church, then on to the Roman agora. We just viewed it from above, but Ian told us they had built a new museum on the site, so we may have to make a return trip to see that. We then continued on down to the harbor making a quick stop in the market area. We strolled along the harbor and then wandered through the old port warehouse district (Ladadika) which is now filled with tavernas, bars and a couple of small galleries. We then walked up, caught the bus and returned home.
The bus ride provided a humorous story worth retelling here. We were all standing together and talking at the middle of the bus when an elderly gentleman seated near Karen turned to her and asked her if she would like to sit in the vacant seat next to him. To which she promptly replied, "Signomi (Sorry), I only speak English." And he replied, "I spoke to you in English!" We all broke out in laughter and Karen apologized again. We are so used to people speaking to us in Greek we have made our reply automatic! It turns out his daughter is married to a Englishman and lives in England. He has visited England many times and his English is very good. They are coming to visit him in 10 days and he is very much looking forward to it. He made a recommendation for a visit to a war memorial nearby and then bid us good day.
A beautiful day for a walk!
She seemed to enjoy her first outing.
Getting to know each other.
Jill and Karen at the Roman agora.
Mom trying out the carrier wrap.
Ian and I are going to test drive a couple of cars this evening. Not this one!
Artemis has changed so much already! It is incredible!
ReplyDeleteHope you all have a great weekend and wonderful visit with Ms. Jill!
I think I had the same "I only speak english" thing happen to me in Italy! Too funny! Just like anything else i guess, after a lot of repetition our brains just go on auto pilot.
Love to all,
Sarah