Kimberly Lesher's Greece Blog: Lookin Out My Window

Today was a nice warm day I would say, highs in the 50's for you lovely Iowans stuck in the tundra. I walked to the cafeteria which is an open place to sit and drink coffee near the train station. I am not exactly sure what it is in Greek but I will ask later. I met my cooperating teacher there. She is really pleasant and I am excited to work with her. I was worried about making it to the school on the first day. Luckily she lives near by and said she would meet me the first day so we could take the train together. We are meeting at 6:20 at the train station on Thursday morning to make it to school by 8:30! eshh! She said the train takes at least an hour and there is a 25 minute walk from the station to the school. Uphill of course.
I got my train pass today. George was very excited about this he kept showing me all the places I could go and what mode of transportation I would need. He really emphasized using the trolley for the beach. Which sounds like a fun place to go. I am thinking I might wander down to Athens Center this weekend and save the beach for warmer weather. Tomorrow is a holiday so Ana invited me to her mother's house for a festival dinner. I am excited to experience some real Greek food. I have been eating lots of fried food and some Romanian food that George lets me try. It has all been good though so I can not complain.
Anyway that is all for today! I will leave you with some pictures. Today I decided that I could at least take pictures of things when Ana was not around so I began this morning with my apartment and the nice orange trees and flowers out my window.

These come from out side various windows in the house. The orange trees are all along the streets but they are not edible they use this kind of orange in cake instead.