Let me catch up......

Life has been BUSY since arriving here...........where can I start?

Okay so I got to my residence at about 2 pm last Sunday....had a chance for a shower and to walk around a bit. Then at 7 our two teachers at the school, Maria and Cynthia, picked all of us up to show us around Chania (pronounced Honya).

Our class, there are 8 of us, and we get along famously.
Katie (me)
Katie (my roommate she's from England...and yes her accent is awesome)
Shannon ( from Canada)
Jen ( from Rhode Island)
Leela ( from Rhode Island)
Jennifer ( from Colorado)
Cara (from Connecticut)
Darren (from California)

We explored the city and then Cynthia left us in the good hands of her favorite bartender.....His name was Yanni but he looked like Fabio from all those romantic novels. Anyway Yanni clearly was on a mission to make us have fun as we all ordered drinks and then this stuff called Raki kept showing up. It's a Cretan liquor....that is insane. They serve it everywhere around here - usually with fruit. Well.....we got home at around 3 in the morning. Jet lag + hangover never usually is a good thing.......except the scenery walking to school the next day made me feel oh so much better!

We walk the beach too school - it takes about an 40 minutes to an hour depending on the route we take. It's awesome.....I love this part!

Now school - is INTENSE but I love what I'm learning. I already taught my first lesson and it went pretty well. I think my career as a teacher is starting! We do spend a lot of time at school but it doesn't mean we don't have fun.

The coffee here is good - thank goodness! This cute little Greek man near school always sells us coffee in the morning.......his English is pretty good so he helps us find things in town. His name I think with the English translation is Bobby......I'll get a picture - he's adorable!

We also found a dog here - we named him Pete! He followed us all the way home from school one day.......waited for us til morning and walked all the way back with us again the next day. Maria even let us have him in school all day. Pete must have found other friends though because we didn't see him today :(

I'm now addicted to Greek salads, Souvlaki (kind of like a Gyro), WATER to hydrate, and greek yogurt with honey and banana! It's been 90 + with no clouds everyday here - gorgeous!

Gotta run for now.... as this is my Friday night! I'm sure I'll have more to post

Love to you all.