In Pursuit of a Grill

Greetings, dear readers! We are now in the beautiful gem of Ionia—Kefalonia!
Athens was great, just fabulous (especially the glowing nighttime streets, the thrilling breezes on the Acropolis, and the delicious fried cheese), but the time came to move on.
We took a five hour bus ride (throughout which I slept), and two hour ferry ride (during which I slept), and a forty-five minute bus ride to Argostoli, during which I did not sleep, but was actually ecstatic with joy. Kefalonia is beautiful. Gorgeous. Dreamlike. It’s been hard to believe we’re actually living here, but when I see familiar faces and landmarks it’s definitely a good feeling.

I have a lot to write about, but little patience *sorry!*, so here’s a brief rundown:

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We live in sweet apartments. It’s like dorm life but better (except when the electricity goes out, which has happened twice already).

My roommate’s name is Katie, she is an architecture major from Rochester, MN. (Cool!)

We have classes practically every day, even Saturdays. Boo. And by the way, 650 pages do not count as a handout, or “food for thought”!!! Buah! Tooo much reading. Because they’re giving us info via CD, they think they can just put whatever they feel like on it, including 500 million articles and a 650 page report on the California Disaster Plan.

By the way, I basically have no idea what’s going on with all of this food security, agrotourism, and urban disaster mitigation stuff. If it makes you feel better, I’m not the only one—although the program is highly geared towards planning and sustainability students, there are business and architecture majors here, too. We’ll figure something out.

Some people are at the beach right now *gorgeous!*, but the weather is changeable. (It’s a good thing I brought a raincoat!)

The food is good but pricey. These are the things that are cheaper: Cheese, bread, wine, milk products. These are the things that are more expensive: everything else. Buuut, the cheese is delicious! Oh, too yummy.

Katie and I found a grill for 18 Euros, and have already grilled out twice. Yesterday was a huge potluck bash that was absolutely fantastic! Some people really know how to cook, despite only having two little burners and (for the lucky ones) a convection oven!

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Yeah, so that’s life! Write, ask questions, let me know how things are with you! I promise to one day write real entry.