Kala Xristouyenna: My first Greek Christmas

Well...fun and busy Christmas Eve, relaxing Christmas, both fun. :) Christmas Eve was dinner at Pepie's, with Voula & Elias and their girls, and George & Lydia and their boys. Five kids between the ages of 4 and 10...definitely had a few meltdowns and I'm sure everyone in the building could hear us, but it was fun. :)

Entertaining 5 kids:Stuart was the chef on Christmas Eve, making a lot of English dishes, with pork & beef, stuffing, potatoes, etc. etc. Yum!The ladies: Voula, Lydia, and Pepie...Another attempt at entertaining the kids, Polar Express (or Kung Fu Panda, we had both). This picture is amazing; two out of five picking their noses... (Ellie, Yiannis, Naya, Phillipos, Petros)

A chance for some actual conversation while the kids are watching a movie: Me, Voula, Stuart, Elias (Voula's husband), Lydia & George (who I am renting the apartment from)... Santa Stuart and his magical bag of...

...what is it?

Reindeer for everyone. (Yiannis, or "Glen" - from the video I posted last week) Me with Yiannis and Philipos. These kids are so cute :)Pepie & I with the kids and our reindeer (minus Ellie, who was quite upset over in the corner at that particular moment). :)

Today (Christmas) I took a long walk around Piraeus, down to the main harbor where the port for all the ships is. Came back and got ready and went back to Pepie's, where I had dinner with her & Stuart and her parents, who don't speak a word of English. Her mom cooked this time, it was another great meal. They are sweet and invited me back tomorrow (they are in town for a couple of days). I think they just like to ask me questions in Greek and then laugh at me when I don't know what they're saying. :) They are very kind though, and I enjoyed being with them. :)

Merry Christmas!!! Hope yours was wonderful too.