...of Greek. here are a few of the cool words that are bouncin around on the first day across the pond. My friend Courtney is gonna die when she sees this place tomorrow.
"PAme eLA!" -- "get over here (punk)!" -- said frequently by grandmothers to misbehavin children
"orEa" -- "sweet" as in, --"did you have a good flight?" --"yes." --"orEa!" also works with "orea zoi"= "the sweet life". just sigh and say orea zoi frequently and you'll fit in fine.
"poli" = "very much". "parapoli" - "very very very very much." as in, thank you very very much for saving my life. pretty darn thankful. Heard today when a good samaritan pulled a woman out of the way of an incoming Greek van traveling near light speed. Use this phrase sparingly for necessary oomph.
The island of Santorini is going through some amazing changes; first, obviously the secret is out about this place, it keeps getting more crowded every year. Not to the point of annoyance, but definitely to the point of this-aint-our-own-lil-corner-of-the-world anymore. There might actually be a LINE to get into particular nightspots now, the horror! Also, the additional peeps are resulting in more notorious accidents, I think just because of the increasing likelihood for newsworthy stuff comin out of here. About a year ago the aging roof at the archaeological site collapsed (probably beacuse of the massive crowds descending on the 'Pompeii of the Aegean'), causing several casualties. Then a couple months ago most peeps saw on tv the cruise ship sinking just off the port here after running aground. The Greek family I stay with here says there are "400 million liters of petrol" spilling out of that thing on the ocean floor right now. The family takes special humor recounting the media story that "every duck on Santorini's beaches was covered in oil", because in their 30 years of living here they have only seen two ducks period on all their beaches.
The variety of western music heard in the airport today in Greece:
g.l.a.m.o.r.o.u.s. - Fergie
what a feelin - Irene Cara
wouldn't it be nice - Beach Boys
achy breaky heart - Billy Ray C
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