After a relaxing day on the beach yesterday, today we started our first day of classes...
In the words of my dear Eminem...."Back to reality"
Todays classes were much more personally inclined. We talked about what each of us has experienced of greece so far; if we had any culture shock etc.
My big woah moment was getting out of the taxi when I reached to give a tip and remembered that is not something that is done here in Greece. Here, when leaving a "tip" Greeks just round up the bill to the next euro or two...a 15% or 10% tip is unheard of. Its great because goodness knows i probably couldn't afford a 15% tip in euros anyway, but still very strange and hard to get used to.
Language wise, today we learned:
αγαπώ this is the lowercase version
-also seen as- both are translated as to love
ΑΓΑΠΩ this is the uppercase version
This word contains the Alpha and the Omega (the beginning and the end) because love is the beginning and the end of life
I absolutely LOVE this idea of life. (pun intended)
similarly we learned :
αγάπη which is translated to the love
I also found out that all of American Greek Life mispronounces the Greek Alphabet.......good to know.
It has been an enlightening day.
In the words of my dear Eminem...."Back to reality"
Todays classes were much more personally inclined. We talked about what each of us has experienced of greece so far; if we had any culture shock etc.
My big woah moment was getting out of the taxi when I reached to give a tip and remembered that is not something that is done here in Greece. Here, when leaving a "tip" Greeks just round up the bill to the next euro or two...a 15% or 10% tip is unheard of. Its great because goodness knows i probably couldn't afford a 15% tip in euros anyway, but still very strange and hard to get used to.
Language wise, today we learned:
αγαπώ this is the lowercase version
-also seen as- both are translated as to love
ΑΓΑΠΩ this is the uppercase version
This word contains the Alpha and the Omega (the beginning and the end) because love is the beginning and the end of life
I absolutely LOVE this idea of life. (pun intended)
similarly we learned :
αγάπη which is translated to the love
I also found out that all of American Greek Life mispronounces the Greek Alphabet.......good to know.
It has been an enlightening day.
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