and a day and a half in Corfu, etc.

Corfu is a Greek island about two miles from mainland Albania & Greece. It's a large island, very green, and usually a big tourist destination. Tourism has suffered a lot this year because of the economy, so it wasn't as busy as normal. We re-entered Greece through Corfu with a bunch of tourists on a boat. :) Nicole has friends there as a result of her time in Albania (from the occasional weekend in Corfu) so again we got good treatment, cheap lodgings, and really fun people to hang out with. It was Saturday night when we arrived, so we had the whole of Sunday to explore and relax before heading back to Athens Monday morning.

It has been nice being back home in Athens this week...the weather has been really nice and I have been doing lots of fun things with friends in the off time - outdoor movie theater, coffee, beach, etc. I went to my first Nea Zoi staff meeting last week, and I'm looking forward to more involvement with them (outreaches, etc.), and there are a couple others I'm hopeful to begin working with. We'll see. I also just got approval to enroll in a three week intensive/immersion Greek language course in July/August. It's here in Athens and it will be 4 hours a day of class/instruction/discussion, etc. I'll enter into level 3, that's kind of exciting for me. :) My brain sort of already hurts in anticipation, but I am looking forward to and hopeful for the improvement with my language. [I hope I used enough slashes in this paragraph for you.]

Ok, here are some pictures from Corfu: