St. Euphrosynos Taverna and Ouzeri (7)

[xenia]

Good morning everybody!

Such a joy to be home. I think the best thing about America is American food!

Thanks for praying for us while we were in Spain. Our three students could not possibly have behaved better- they were sweet, polite, good-humored, long-suffering, modestly-dressed. I was proud of them.

The basic smell permeating the entire nation of Spain is the aroma of ham. Spain smells like ham and citrus fruit. The low point of the trip for me was being quite sick the first three days with a very bad cough/sore throat. My husband prayed for me and I recovered completely. The BEST thing was buying a big green inner tube and riding the waves in the Mediterranean! Man that was fun!

I had a chance to do some thinking while I was away, and you might notice that I'm not a moderator any longer. No scandal or anything, just a re-ordering of priorities.

I am all outta whack as far as prayers go... time to get back to it!

I see that TAW has some new folks here interested in Orthodoxy. Hooray!

Love,
Xenia

 

[ExOrienteLux]

Check this out. I've had a chance to pray there, and it's absolutely beautiful. too bad I didn't have a lot of time when I did pray there... Also, too bad it's about two hours from me, or I would go more often. Maybe I can convince our Church to build a shrine to a popular saint...

-Philip.

 

[OrthodoxyUSA]

Xenia's back YEAH!!!!

We love you!

Forgive me....

 

[xenia]

Xenia's back YEAH!!!!

We love you!

Forgive me....

Thank you for the warm welcome home!

Xenia

 

[Matrona]

The basic smell permeating the entire nation of Spain is the aroma of ham. Spain smells like ham and citrus fruit.

Dang it, Xenia, you're making me hungry.

Glad to hear you had a good time, and that you returned safely with the young'uns.

 

[sin_vladimirov]

YEA RUBB IT IN XENIA, I am freezing here in Australia (can you believe that) and you come and speak of ham....


MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Is there anything as good as tomato, and ham and warm (home baked) bread!

I will have to report your post!




























LOL

 

[elizabethevangeline]

Welcome back Xenia!

Missed you much but I'm glad you had a good trip...especially the tubing! How fun!

 

[Emmanuel-A]

Its so cold in Australia, its winter here. I have been freezing all day. Are you in the City of Lights?

If it's Paris you call "the City of Lights", yes I live there.

 

[sin_vladimirov]

If it's Paris you call "the City of Lights", yes I live there.

LOL, and what do you guys call it? La Pari LOL.


Seriously though, what is Parisienne nick name for La Pari?

 

[Emmanuel-A]

"Paris" is short enough so we don't use many nick names. The most often used is "Paname", you can say "Pantruche" as well but this last one is very old fashioned.

 

[xenia]

I was just outside, hosing down the patio when I carelessly squirted some water into my Filipino neighbor's open bedroom door. Uh oh, I thought. Well, he appeared at the door with a big smile on his face and offered me a cup of coffee. What a gracious way for him to say "please remember that we're over here, dear neighbor, but we're all in the same state of goofy humanity, we're all on the same side, so let's share some coffee together."

 

[sin_vladimirov]

"Paris" is short enough so we don't use many nick names. The most often used is "Paname", you can say "Pantruche" as well but this last one is very old fashioned.

Thanks, learn something new every day!

 

[Matrona]

I was just outside, hosing down the patio when I carelessly squirted some water into my Filipino neighbor's open bedroom door. Uh oh, I thought. Well, he appeared at the door with a big smile on his face and offered me a cup of coffee. What a gracious way for him to say "please remember that we're over here, dear neighbor, but we're all in the same state of goofy humanity, we're all on the same side, so let's share some coffee together."

That was nice of him! Glad he didn't yell at you or do anything mean!

My parents' neighbors like to put their trash in front of our house for some reason. How trashy is that, no pun intended?

And their neighbor on the other side was widowed recently, her husband hanged himself in the back of one of the sandwich shops he owned. She seems to be doing okay, thank goodness.

 

[Emmanuel-A]

I was just outside, hosing down the patio when I carelessly squirted some water into my Filipino neighbor's open bedroom door. Uh oh, I thought. Well, he appeared at the door with a big smile on his face and offered me a cup of coffee. What a gracious way for him to say "please remember that we're over here, dear neighbor, but we're all in the same state of goofy humanity, we're all on the same side, so let's share some coffee together."

That's a lovely story.

It's something rare where I live. Here you would rather have a stream of birds names.

 

[Kolya]

It's something rare where I live. Here you would rather have a stream of birds names.

Like what? We have six birds in the house. perhaps we could use some suggestions to name the doves!

 

[Emmanuel-A]

Like what? We have six birds in the house. perhaps we could use some suggestions to name the doves!

I wouldn't use them to name doves

 

[Annabel Lee]

48 minutes until daughter gets out of school for the summer

 

[Annabel Lee]

47 minutes until daughter gets out of school for the summer

 

[Matrona]

47 minutes until daughter gets out of school for the summer

Wow, this late?

They used to let us out this late when I was a kid, but in the school district I grew up in, they now let out before Memorial Day.

 

[Annabel Lee]

Wow, this late?

They used to let us out this late when I was a kid, but in the school district I grew up in, they now let out before Memorial Day.

Yes, they start a bit later and end later.

25 more minutes.
Adios..we are going to lunch to celebrate!

She's actually a great kid to have around. We were planning to go to the beach but it's raining in southern California...dang.