August 30 I Get a Haircut

Marcos and Mia's father and I have talked on the phone and agreed that I will go to their place Sunday and stay overnight and he will take us all to the airport Monday morning. I am relieved. I did not want Theodosia to miss her first day of school or to get up at 5:00 in the morning so she could take me to the airport before school.

I have wanted to get my hair cut for several weeks and the opportunity never presented itself. Today I was determined. Theodosia tried to call her own hairdresser for an appointment - the shop was closed. Since the cell phone they gave me went on the fritz, making connections has been difficult. They do not have a phone book. Theodosia said that shops should be open by 9:00 and might take a walk-in. I left the house and walked to two shops that I had seen in the area. Both were closed. The internet cafe was not yet open. I was headed back to the house when I saw another hair salon with the door open so I walked in and she took me within five minutes. Like most younger Greeks they knew a little English and since I was willing to try Greek, we could converse a little. I am not sure how much they understood of what I said. But when I was done I asked when the internet cafe opened and she said at ten so I waited a half hour and was at the door when it opened and sent my blogs off. In the interim I found a city bus stop and since I wanted to get back to feed the kittens for Theodosia who was giving lessons, I took the city bus up the eight blocks of UPHILL climb to the house. It was worth the half Euro!