Questions from Mom

I recieved an email from my mom asking... mom questions... but i figured the answers of her questions might be of interest to the rest of you so I'm answering her email via blog for you all to read as well! 

 

I have some questions that I thought of that may be interesting to touch on while you are in Greece...

 

What is the perception of Americans, vs, Austrailian, English, etc.? Most everyone I talk to that isn't from an english speaking country thinks I'm English so one of my favorite past times is having people guess where I'm from. But there is no beef or anything between the 3 english speaking countries, every one is really cool with each other especially since we all share a language. 

 

What kinds of food do folks usually eat...I know that the roast and "peanuts" really sounded good! What kinds of food do YOU eat on a normal day--got any recipes you'll be "bringing back"?

Just because I have 2 pots and 1 burner I'm kind of limited on what I can cook at home. I make a lot of pasta with canned sauce just because its really cheap and easy. I also make like potato's ext. nothing extravagant here just because I don't want to buy all of the ingredients and more importantly spices. But I'm surviving here just fine! If I ever want like a snack they have gyros which can be used for a meal for only like 2 bucks so those are my fail safe option for food. 

Is the weather ALWAYS sunny?  That seems to be all I see--brilliant blue skies...do you get storms?

I haven't seen a cloud in 4 days and that is no joke. I think of the almost 3 weeks I've been on this island now I've seen maybe 6 days with clouds and never had a drop of rain. Its consistently about 90 with a slight brees coming off of the water. 

Do you have bothersome mosquitoes or bugs like cockroaches or hoppers? 

Mosquitoes are bad here but they have these things you plug into your outlets and put this little pad thing inside of it and no mosquito comes near it. It's pretty awesome! No other bugs or anything though. Some roaches on the boat every once in a while, but I mean... its a boat... 

 

Has the economy "taken a hit" there too?

The Economy here has taken a big hit here! Its pretty bad actually, everyone has been telling me stories of the amounts of people here like 3 years ago and how this seems like a ghost town comparably, I personally feel like there are LOTS of tourists here but evidently in comparison to before its not much at all. I guess its since there are so many British tourists that used to come and since their economy has been hit almost as bad as Americas its kept lots of people home this summer. 

 

Do you have a good place to "wash your clothes"  Ok that's a "mom's question"  just wondering if they hang stuff like here to dry or use dryers?  Do they have large washing machines or small ones like here, 

Its pretty sweet actually... I pay like 6 bucks and take all of my laundry to this place in a bag, then come back the next day its all clean and folded and ready to roll. :) 

and Oh...do Greek women shave? :-) Someone here asked me that and I didn't know the answer...I'm guessing you do!

I think that the whole rest of the world has finally gotten on the band wagon with shaving to be honest, I haven't seen one single lady with hairy pits same goes for the legs. 

 

Now that you've lived for a bit on 30 euros a day...will you be able to save enough to pay for your next months rent?

Yep! and I won't be paying 300 next month I'm either making my land lord let me get a roommate for 300 total or moving to a place where its 250 a month for 2 people and that includes AC. So I shouldn't be paying more than 150 for an apartment next month.

 

Do you think you will have enough money to stay until Sept....how long is the tourist season?

Absolutely, I haven't touched my ATM cards since I've started my job, and don't intend to until I fly home on September 9th. Unless I decide to travel a little bit at the end of my trip, which is a possibility, but you better believe I'm going to be saving up to do that so no worries. 

 

Is there anything from here (Japan) that you think would make for a nice "thank you" gift that we could send in appreciation for your boss and "crew"? (not real expensive!)

I think the crew is alright, its still a job with people telling you what to do and having to be on time ext. I've never given a boss a gift before for letting me work for him... And greeks aren't really sentimental... at all actually. 

 

Ok that's all for now...wouldn't mind another skpe session...

 

Oh, and too bad the Americans couldn't pull off the win in the Ferderation Cup but it was still a good ride!

There ya go guys, I'll write another blog hopefully today or tomorrow bout the fourth and what I've been doing since, I just needed to get this out before my Mother shoots me! 

Stay classy! 

Evan