Greetings all — we survived our flights to Greece!
Bonding over chocolate
There was a tad more drama than we would have liked, with lost seat assignments and unsympathetic German gate agents (“well, hopefully someone will be willing to switch seats with you. There’s nothing we can do,”) but everything turned out just fine. AJ enjoyed watching Frozen on the in-flight entertainment, and he did manage to fall asleep, which was good.
We got to Thessaloniki around 2 pm, and Kostas picked us up from the airport. We drove to Kilkis (the small town outside Thessaloniki where they live) and met up with Katerina, Orestis (11), Anna (8) and Ermis (4). Katerina and Kostas are some of my good friends I met in grad school at Michigan State. I haven’t seen them in over 10 years since they moved back to Greece.
iPad wins
Despite not speaking the same language, AJ and the kids bonded instantly over playing games on my iPad, eating chocolate and generally acting like kids. AJ found a kindred spirit in little Ermis who is also a non-stop talker and mover. Needless to say there have not been many moments of quiet stillness. 🙂
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