Birthday!

Picture: Kara and Juan laughing at something last night with Justin in white looking confused
Of all nine students, only one has a birthday this semester. So yesterday we celebrated Juan's birthday. We went to a Mexican restaurant [probably the only one in Volos] and had a great time! The food was really good, too, although the servers didn't speak any Spanish. A few in our group speak Spanish either fluently or very well. Now you may be saying "Why did they go out on Thursday night?" Well, we don't have classes on Fridays, so Thursday nights are like American Friday nights to us. So even though Juan's birthday isn't until Sunday, we celebrated last night. We lucked out and got an English-speaking server.

Other news...
Our computer labs are being used this week for a computer class that seems to be only half in English. The half I understand is pretty cool. I think it's a group of librarians learning a new application.
It got cold today. It's a good thing except that I haven't gotten a chance to spend any time at the beach since we got to Volos. I want to get warm for one more day then get cold again. I can deal with that pretty well.
All sickness has passed.
I'm doing several big projects this semester: history of Volos Port, big report on Casablanca and Morocco's effect on the Mediterranean, report on the deciphering of Linear B tablets, and the design of a museum exhibit. Looks like it's going to be a busy semester since we have to squish the classes in between our traveling weeks.
Picture: A really cool pic from our time spent in Dimini. I didn't take a good look at it until a couple of days ago. I love it.