GREECE

The Greek language is unlike any other. It is quite interesting to simply listen and have absolutely zero idea of what is being spoken of. Although English is the only language that I speak fluently... I've taken enough French and Italian to understand both languages to some degree. I now know and understand the phrase, 'it's Greek to me'.

While in Greece, I tasted my very Irant Ouzo, a Greek liquor that I am not wry fond of for the simple reason that it tastes like lack licorice. I've never been a fan of black licorice. Throw some cherry twizzlers at me... Great but black licorice is blech. What I do find quite entertaining about Ouzo is the way it turns cloudy when reacting with ice. If you like Licorice, I would try it! It's an interesting liquor that I've learned goes well with cucumber... Or so the Greek tell me.

While I was loving Greece when I started writing this post, it's almost two weeks later and I am ready for a change. Mostly because for the last 11 days we've been catering to 14 guests. It's been 11 days, yet it feels like an eternity and almost everyday we've had additional guests brought on for lunches and dinners. Between the amount of work involved catering to this many people, the lack of sleep, and just having this be our last trip of the Med season, we are all ready for some R&R. If I began to describe the requests and events of this trip, most of you reading would probably not believe it and guaranteed all of you would laugh your butts off.

Some of my favorite quotes of the trip are as follows:

'Can I have toast with yellow cheese please?'

'Coke with Ice. No lemon.'

'My mom said to give us sweets'

'Its not really lemonade without a straw.'

'Can I have milk chocolate? With ice.'
..... You mean chocolate milk??

'We will have 2....Maybe 8. Yes, 2-8 guests come for lunch'

'Twix. Two.'

Gaaahhhhh!!! Ready to be in Palma with zero guests :) 3 more days until we drop and then three days at sea to Palma!!!