After
a long two days of papers and an exam today was my one day to catch up on some
sleep that I had missed out one.
Needless to say, I spent the day in bed while the rest of the group went
to see the Greek Independence Day Parade down in Sintagma Square. I woke up a few hours after they returned
for lunch, which was about 3:30 in the afternoon. The sun was still shinning bright as if it
was still midday. I could feel the warmth of the sun beating down on my back as
if I was sitting in front of my fire place back home. I began to start feeling as if I was getting
a sun burn therefore I went inside to quickly get ready for class.
Today
class was being held at Professor Roth’s apartment on Voukourestiou, which is
about a twenty minute walk from our apartment.
I packed my backpack and began my walk with Zach to Rich’s apartment. I remembered walking past his street many
times, but I had only walked past his apartment once before this. We got to his street in less than fifteen
minutes, but couldn’t remember which end of the street he lived on.
After
looking up and down the street and contemplating which way to go. Little did we
know the girls were a minute behind us and knew what end of the street his
apartment was on. When they caught up to
us we all walked to Rich’s house and rang the door bell so he could buzz us
in. Living on the top floor of an
apartment that has no elevator is something that I am quite accommodated to,
but for some reason those stairs took their toll on me. After the first three floors I was already
slowing down and breathing pretty heavily.
It seemed as if spring break and all this Greek food was finally
beginning to take its toll on me.
For
class we discussed the book we were reading, Twice A Stranger by Bruce Clark.
This book is a collection of different stories that were all about the
population exchange that happened between Greece and Turkey. This exchange happened in 1923 and was a
decision between the two countries to exchange people based on religious
identities. Greece was giving the Turks
all of their residents who were of Turkish decent, spoke Greek, but practiced
Islam. While Turkey was giving the
Greeks all of their residents of Greek decent who spoke Turkish, but practiced
Greek Orthodox. After we were done
talking about the book we tried a brandy that Rich had picked up. It had a very bitter and thick taste to it
and then a0 bite that warmed your insides.
Around
6:30 we went out for dinner as a group to an Italian Cuisine restaurant called La Pasteria. With our trip to Rome
approaching within the coming days this was only a teaser to what I will be
trying while in Italy. The choices on
the menu sounded delicious in every aspect.
My choices came down to Pasta Mista, which was a baked pasta with
chicken5, bacon and a garlic sauce, and a pasta that had ground beef, bacon,
and a cream sauce on it. Ultimately I
chose Pasta Mista and luckily enough for me there was a meal that cost fifteen
euro and it came with a salad, choice of pasta, and desert. A Caesar salad as an appetizer, Pasta Mista
as a dinner, and for dessert I had a calzone that was filled with an ice cream,
chocolate sauce, and Nutella that tasted like heaven. The size of a half a pizza filled with
chocolate and Nutella goodness that sat in my mouth for a half an hour after we
left.
On
the way home Zach and I took a different way than the girls because for some
reason they don’t trust us with directions.
However, we managed to get home much faster than how long it took us to
get to Rich’s apartment. Later that
night our friends Paul and Kevin came over to hang out. We hadn’t seen them since before spring
break, so we had a lot to talk about. We
sat outside on the deck, cracked open a couple beers, and told them about our
adventures in Dublin and Amsterdam. It
was nice to be able to hang out with them and catch up with them for a couple
hours. After they left Zach and I made
some delicious grilled cheese sandwiches and home fries with cheese. It is the perfect late night snack for a
college student and it puts you to sleep.
Patrick Malone
Monday March 25, 2013
A Flavorful Evening
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