First Few Days In Greece

Here goes my first blog post ever!  Now, don't get your hopes up, I'm just going to see how this works.  

I arrived in Thessaloniki on Friday around 4:30, with hardly any sleep.  After standing at the luggage claim for about 15 mins, seeing the same bags go round and round, I finally figured out that luggage from the States comes out of a different place.  And of course I was the only one on the whole flight that had come from the U.S.  Ha!  Therefore, I came out of a different door than the lady picking me up was standing at.  haha!  Luckily after about standing there for a couple mins, I got the courage to tap on her shoulder seeing if it was the right lady!  Thankfully it was!!  

I can't tell you enough how nice everyone is here!  They are all so welcoming!  They really are excited to see me!  They are caring and make sure I understand what is going on.  At times it's difficult when they burst into Greek, but eventually, I'm able to get back into the conversation.  

I live in an apartment on campus.  I live with three other fellows.  Heather and I share a room -- and to top it all off, she is from Indiana too!  Heather is the P.E. fellow.  Ana will be sharing a room with Ellen [Ellen isn't here yet].  Ana is from Oregon -- and to top this off, she studied in Florence the same time as me!!  It's funny how we all have a sort of connection. Ana is the counselor fellow.  Another fellow that we have all met is Hannah, and she is from Alabama.  She is the dorm fellow.  There is another dorm fellow coming sometime soon too.

Well, this is already a pretty long post, but the last thing I'll talk about is how different their eating schedules are here... something that is going to take me a while to get used to!  Breakfast is at 7:15 AM, then MANY hours later is lunch at 2 then supper at 8 PM.  It is quite an adjustment coming from lunch at 11 and supper at 6!  

Well this is it for now!  I'll post my apartment pictures soon! Here's a picture of my view from our bus stop to hold you over! =]