winding down...

It's been a while since either of us (Michelle and I) have posted... the past few weeks haven't been especially busy program-wise, but we've definitely managed to keep ourselves entertained!

The weather's been fairly random -- some days are cold and rainy, other days (like Fri-Sat-Sun this weekend) have been hot and sunny (22-ish!). It's kind of fun having beach weather in November...

We've also had quite a few storms -- and they are INCREDIBLE. The wind and the thunder and lightening and the power of the rain are like nothing I've ever seen. It's beautiful. And usually at night, which makes them even more cool. Our building (the one we use as a classroom and to do all of our pottery cataloguing) was actually hit by lightening so we didn't have power (or lights) for a few days... that was a little inconvenient but, truth be told, I don't think anyone minded having a little bit of extra free time.


The next two weeks (only two weeks left!!!) could end up being a bit more stressful -- our Greek teacher thought that we had until the first week of December and has decided to rush us through a whole lot of material and "proposed" (or demanded) that we schedule extra classes for this Tuesday and Friday, as well as next Tuesday (essentially adding 1.5 weeks worth of classes into our last two weeks - we usually have classes on Mon and Wed). She's not allowed to schedule anything for us on Friday, however, so that one won't happen. There's a chance that she won't be able to schedule any of them without 100% consent from us, but who knows!

In any case, we had a test on Monday last week so I spent most of last weekend preparing for that and I've spent a significant amount of time studying this weekend to prepare for another test that will probably be on Wednesday. Ack! Can't complain I guess... We haven't had to do too much actual schoolwork since we've been here for any of the archaeology stuff.


What else? Lots of other non-Greek related stuff since it's time to register for next semester's classes... I was able to find a few classes that look interesting enough but am a little disappointed in what's being offered in the Spring. Ah well. I'm looking forward to getting back into full-on Academia! I think I might even take a course or two over the summer...

Not too much else to update... We spend most of our time wandering through the town (which is like a ghost town now!! The grocery stores and the bookstore are still open but all the tourist shops and a few restaurants have shut down) and hanging out at the cafe nearest to our hotel to take advantage of the freddicino's (yum!) and fast Internet.

Yesterday, Michelle, Leesa, Rebecca and I went for a short boat-ride with Jerry's dad, Spyros... the plan was to do some fishing but mostly we just checked the lines he had in (which didn't have any fish yet) and then headed back to the port. It was fun to ride around in the boat for a few minutes anyway!


I can't believe it's almost over -- what a trip! I'm looking forward to Italy though, and to seeing friends and family back at home! Let me know if you're going to be in the Hamilton area over Christmas so we can be sure to grab a coffee together or something before I head back to BC in January!

Much love!