I'm back.........sorry it's been so long

Okay so here's a rundown........

Finished the course! HOORAY! Celebrated for a couple of nights in a row.......whew!

Some members of the course left for other countries and or home. sad to split up.

Four of us moved up the hill from our first apartments to a hotel - four girls in one hotel room the size of an American bathroom. Hilarious - our luggage stayed out on the balcony - we thought of it as a walk in closet. Seemed to work. Hotel owner decided we were fun and knew we were poor teachers - gave us an amazing deal - thank goodness! THANKS THEO! If anyone wants to come to Crete - Hotel Alexis was awesome!

We now moved to an apartment.......much better. two bedrooms......huge bathroom......living room. Feels much more like home. Our landlord once again helped us out by giving us a good rate. WHEW!

Done a little teaching at the school - so fun- but not enough to make a living. sad!

Going back to the states on Oct. 6 for a wedding of a dear friend. Think I'm going to stay in MN at least for a little while - save some money again - and possibly come back here at a later date.

This experience is/has been amazing.

Wouldn't trade it for the world.

Unfortunately money really does make the world go 'round.

So.....my adventure may be on a pause for a little while. But I've had a grand time!

Love to all....

Oh - my lack of internet connection makes it nearly impossible to post pictures right now. Trying to get to a friend's place that has internet to share pics with you all.

Is it possible to have your heart in two places? Minnesota and Crete? Maybe.......

WHEW!

So life in Greece has been a whirlwind of learning, teaching, writing papers, taking a big grammar test.........and now it's over. I'm officially ready to teach English! I can't believe it. It has been such an incredible experience taking this course.......for anyone that is looking for an adventure, to meet new lifelong friends, to learn a TON, and to have fun doing it....well this is the place to be.

We all graduated yesterday! We were so excited to learn we all passed the grammar exam - it was a 3 hour intense exam.....but the end result was success for all of us.

As a class with our two instructors we went out for drinks and dinner and then to the beach. What a fun day. That night we went out to celebrate our success and graduation in the course but also one of our instructors was also celebrating her birthday! We got home at 6 am! that is starting to feel normal......probably not so healthy but OH SO MUCH FUN!

Today we slept off our tiredness and hangovers on the beach and now we're all going to hang out together tonight and take it easy.

I have SO MANY pictures to post. Just trying to find time. The pictures do a much better job of telling the story of my adventure here. I even have one with Einstein this time......his actual name is George and he is so much fun.

OH - looks like I'm staying in Greece to teach. Actually looks like I'm staying in Chania! YAY!


Love to all!