Well today we had class, I'm sure you're not surprised to hear that by now. But we also got to go out and shoot some photos today. We went to Fira today so that I could get an HDR of a church that I saw yesterday. I was very happy, and the people who own the church didn't mind at all. It was a Catholic Church, just so you know what you're looking at.
We also went to a neat little place called Art Space. Yes, we finally got there. The artwork was amazing! The owner was a little hard to understand, because he had a very thick Greek accent, but we got through it. He was an extremely nice person and even showed us what his personal art form was: wine making. It was also cool because the location was an old winery. So throughout the whole gallery you can smell wine everywhere. He told us all about the different wines, and the other alcoholic beverages made from the grapes. For instance, Vinsanto is a brand of wine that is dried in the sun for 21 days and then the juice is pressed from it. It has a very sweet taste. But what is interesting is what is made after the grapes are pressed. The pressed grapes are then distilled and they make Raki (he said it is the equivalent of Moonshine). The Raki can then be infused with Anise or other flavors and then it is Ouzo. Who knew you could make so much from grapes?
When we finished up at Art Space we walked down to the bus stop and waited...and waited...and waited. A man, who was a friend of the owner of Art Space, drove down and stopped to say hello to a friend across the street from the bus stop. Seeing that we are lost and forlorn he pulled up to us and told us to get in his car and he would take us to Kamari. We were very hesitant, since we didn't want to get into a car with a person we didn't know. However, there was a small child in the back seat (which we later learned was 5 years old and his name was Helea - and we got all this information by speaking Greek with him since he didn't speak English) and there was five of us (2 of which were guys). So if anything bad was going to happen there would be quite a struggle.
It was fun to cram 5 people into only 3 empty. There was some lap-sitting. We also got to work on our directions in Greek. So it was a fun experience to travel down the winding road all the this little car. We also got a great story out of this whole ordeal. We also gave him some money for going out of his way to bring us home, even though he didn't want to accept the money. He was more than willing to drive us, but we just wanted to show just how grateful we were that he gave us a ride.
After that we just got some dinner and now I just finished editing my pictures for our final round of pictures tomorrow. Hopefully I will sleep like a rock tonight and then tomorrow is the end of classes. Whoo! We will then be able to absorb Greek fully being class-free.
We also went to a neat little place called Art Space. Yes, we finally got there. The artwork was amazing! The owner was a little hard to understand, because he had a very thick Greek accent, but we got through it. He was an extremely nice person and even showed us what his personal art form was: wine making. It was also cool because the location was an old winery. So throughout the whole gallery you can smell wine everywhere. He told us all about the different wines, and the other alcoholic beverages made from the grapes. For instance, Vinsanto is a brand of wine that is dried in the sun for 21 days and then the juice is pressed from it. It has a very sweet taste. But what is interesting is what is made after the grapes are pressed. The pressed grapes are then distilled and they make Raki (he said it is the equivalent of Moonshine). The Raki can then be infused with Anise or other flavors and then it is Ouzo. Who knew you could make so much from grapes?
When we finished up at Art Space we walked down to the bus stop and waited...and waited...and waited. A man, who was a friend of the owner of Art Space, drove down and stopped to say hello to a friend across the street from the bus stop. Seeing that we are lost and forlorn he pulled up to us and told us to get in his car and he would take us to Kamari. We were very hesitant, since we didn't want to get into a car with a person we didn't know. However, there was a small child in the back seat (which we later learned was 5 years old and his name was Helea - and we got all this information by speaking Greek with him since he didn't speak English) and there was five of us (2 of which were guys). So if anything bad was going to happen there would be quite a struggle.
It was fun to cram 5 people into only 3 empty. There was some lap-sitting. We also got to work on our directions in Greek. So it was a fun experience to travel down the winding road all the this little car. We also got a great story out of this whole ordeal. We also gave him some money for going out of his way to bring us home, even though he didn't want to accept the money. He was more than willing to drive us, but we just wanted to show just how grateful we were that he gave us a ride.
After that we just got some dinner and now I just finished editing my pictures for our final round of pictures tomorrow. Hopefully I will sleep like a rock tonight and then tomorrow is the end of classes. Whoo! We will then be able to absorb Greek fully being class-free.
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