June 2, 2007 It's all Greek to me!

While one of my Greek friends in Athens speaks fluent English, she should not have to translate everything for me. I have been working hard - about 4 hours a day - to learn more Greek. I'm using a variety of methods. I have some tapes from the library I use in my walkman, a Pimsleur language course on CD, a grammar text, vocabulary software on my PC and I have labels on my home furnishings showing their Greek names. (You'd be surprised how effective that last method is. It's the same as we used for early readers in the pre-school.)

Sometimes I feel like I am oozing Greek from my pores. I wake up in the morning with Greek phrases running through my mind and find myself automatically translating everyday conversations into Greek in my head. That's a good thing - unless I become too distracted. Right now I have two more days of office "temp" work and then I start packing.