We are in Athens at the moment. It's been my first time in Greece and I must confess I've been a little surprised at how foreign it is. Or at least how foreign it seems... It's the writing, you see. They still actually use ancient Greek letters out of maths lessons. They use them for writing though, not just for algebra. On signs, menus, books, newspapers, everywhere.
I've had to learn to read all over again!
It's really rather like when I learnt to read English as a tiny child. I have to spell out each word letter by letter and then try and see what kind of word it forms. If I'm lucky it makes a Greek sounding word. Translating this to English is then a separate problem!
(quite a big problem as I can't seem to remember more than "hello" and "yes")
I'm definitely getting better at it though. And it makes a fun competitive game to see which of me or K can work out a given word the quickest.
Incidentally, we've been on a cruise for the last week. An actual cruise on an actual cruise ship! More on that when I return to England.
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