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| Petra (my boss) and I |
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| Chris Ninos |
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| Writing their own lyrics unfortunately in Greek :( |
Last week was sort of busy - I mean not really - since I am still filing data, but every now and then I get a pretty cool assignment or tiny project in between. So this weekend was "different". On Friday night we had to go and see a venue in
Loutraki where three rockbands performed. The first one
YesterGaze started at 7pm (with covers of
Red
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| Yiannis, Giorgos, Ben |
Hot Chilli Peppers, Metallica etc.), however, we were already there at 5pm and just stood there, talking to the other band and trying to kill time... it was an outside venue and the sound check and the rest of the set up was dealt with by a local technician.
ORAMA was the band we had batches for and came to support. Basically they consist of five band members aged 17 and 18 years - all very humored and funny. The last artist
Chris Ninos perfromed another 40min with more Pop and Rock, but nice to listen to. Afterwards we went again to
Waves with my boss, two other women and Benny. From there Giorgos picked us up and we went to
Kenzo another great cocktail; the bartender really knew what he was doing.
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| "HihiHaha" |
Saturday, we had to start working at 10 am to help setting up a performance from two artists from Athens. A children's play "HihiHaha" in the Cultural Center of
Agoi Theodoroi dealing with two teenage, naïve girls taking a journey in a hot air balloon. The audience (about 40 kids) got so anxious and excited when they are actively included in the play that it was really fun to watch - again I just wished I could have understood it, but besides the body language I didn't. Shortly before the play started I had to run to the office an create a song list for a dance contest after the play, I think this will be something very nomral in my future - to arrange things very last minute. It might seem small to you, but even the smallest missions give an adrenalin kick :)
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| Yeah, I am wearing a pink WIG |
Now - yesterday was rather interesting. From 11am until 2pm we had to face paint children - well actually another woman and I did and Benny taught children how to juggle. On the square in front of the church we simply sat on the wall with a few paints and brushes, sponges and glitter. I totally lost track of time, since I was so focused on children's faces and the design they wanted. I have only done face painting once before and it only involved small flowers and some girlie designs. So there you sit with very excited kids, who actually never sit still and always want to look in the mirror or want to show the progress of their beauty (that's at least what they think...) to their friends or parents. Nevertheless it was great fun and I would always do it again. The smile of every kid afterwards is so worth it!!!
After 2 pm we rushed back to the office (just 5min walk) and had to get dressed into our clown
costumes. Again we were a group of about 12 people which had to get their faces painted - here we go so I wasn't done yet. Around 3.30pm we took a march to the beginning of the carinval parade where we had spot to walk. For about an hour we slowly walked through the main road of
Agii Theodoroi and enjoyed the crowd (there were a couple of thousands of people, which felt like the village would explode since it is usually so empty). One more thing I gotta tell you (Ben don't hate me now ;)): The son, 14 years old, of my boss, thought it was a good idea to help Benny find a girlfriend. So he drew a sign, which said in Greek: I am Benjamin and I am looking for a girlfriend, call me *and then his number*. He really held the sign in front of him and we cracked some jokes about it!! :)
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| Our walking group |
Compared to the German
Karneval it is very different though. There is a parade with different walking groups and also some trucks, which carry big figures or just signs, but
no alcohol or candy is distributed to the crowd and instead for throwing confetti to the people, they throw it at you! In the middle of the parade were two girls with mics, who announced every group and said something about them (also not happening in Germany). A small concert took place when the parade finished, again with
ORAMA. However, because we wanted to go to
Corinth Ben and I only saw a little bit of it and then left to discover the "leftover" from a slightly bigger parade in Loutraki (a lot more people and parties in clubs and bars). Another nice night out! :)
# Fun facts for today #
1. Yesterday 17 degrees sunshine, today 7 degrees and rain
2. Today is
Clear Monday a holiday (nobody works) celebrated because it is 40 days before Easter
costumes. Again we were a group of about 12 people which had to get their faces painted - here we go so I wasn't done yet. Around 3.30pm we took a march to the beginning of the carinval parade where we had spot to walk. For about an hour we slowly walked through the main road of Agii Theodoroi and enjoyed the crowd (there were a couple of thousands of people, which felt like the village would explode since it is usually so empty). One more thing I gotta tell you (Ben don't hate me now ;)): The son, 14 years old, of my boss, thought it was a good idea to help Benny find a girlfriend. So he drew a sign, which said in Greek: I am Benjamin and I am looking for a girlfriend, call me *and then his number*. He really held the sign in front of him and we cracked some jokes about it!! :)
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