Spring 1998

Spring 1998 Starting 1 March 1998 Helping Mommy cook: Sandy licking the batter bowl Katheri Deftera (Clean Monday) 2 March We went on a picnic with Nikos, Thekla and Dimitri up the mountain and flew our kites (traditional). We ate the traditional foods for today: Octopus, olives, a special bread made only on Clean Monday, Ouzo, and Halvas for desert. Clean Monday is a mix between Ash Wednesday and Fat Tuesday. One dresses for Carnival and eats for Lent. On our way up the mountain (the mountain that separates Greece from Bulgaria) we found some free-range horses. Cows are not plentiful, and many Greeks eat horse meat *wrinkling nose* Sandy's ready to go Sandy and Kostas with the horses Best Friends Our picnic site (a good example of the Greek countryside) Flying the kite (famous Greek blue sky) Greek Independence Day 25 March 1998 Blazie with her balloon and Kostas Big Love April Sandy and I Ready to go out for fish Sandy "Shaving" Good Friday Sandy with his skates by his room Sandy in the living room Sandy Blazie playing with water 11 April 1998 Sandy and Blazie Fire Department