SUCCESS, KATYDATA, SPECIAL NUTS, DANDELION, AND ... DONKEYS?

First of all a 10 minutes clapping and a standing ovation for us!!!
Why? Because we are very proud to announce you that we all managed to pass our Greek exam and (as some of us like saying) we conquered the Greek language...or at least the very fist step of it!
We know that the way to the top is still long and difficult, full of grammar perils and vocabulary tricks, but we enjoy the journey more than the view from the top!

It's been more than a week since the classes ended and we miss our classmates, but many other things crossed our path since then. First of all, we did not even have the time to realize that the exam was over, because we left Nicosia right after to discover Katydata.
For those who do not know about the existance of Katydata, it is a very small and very quiet village in the mountains, where the Windcraft Festival took place last weekend. Of course we were there, volunteering in the festival, meeting new people, listening to some concerts (somebody was lucky enough to work in the inside bar and enjoy all the music, somebody just sneaked in when the music was too good to be missed!).
It was amazing seeing this little village come to life, filling with colours, people, music, different sounds and fragrances...especially the aroma of the best felafel ever! (Even just the thought of it makes you feel hungry). Not to mention the warm and generous hospitality of the family we were hosted by, and the special meals they prepared for us. A huge thank for that!
On Sunday the festival was over, but those of us who still did not have enough, ended up in the concert of Thanasis Papakonstantinou in Limpia, positively impressed by this great artist and his music.

After the festival we were tired enough to enjoy a couple of days of pure relax. The second one was kind of special because we went to discover the wonders of Troodos. No hiking this time (after the last experience under the sun of midday, we prefered to leave the hiking for a cooler weather). Anyway, we had a lovely and relaxing tour by car through villages and curvy roads (thanks to the driver who held back his rally-instinct and reduced the speed just for us). We stopped to have a drink, to take a look at some interesting places such as the Kykko monastery, where the girls experienced what it feels like to be dressed as a Harry Potter character!
We also witnessed a kind of a magic, because somehow we managed to have a pic-nic without food, since we did not have the time to go shopping and our fridge was as sad and empty as any fridge could possibly be. But some special nuts made the trick, especially after the huge bagels we had for breakfast.

Adventures go on, and this week we have been in a training which has a lot to do with dandelion. Maybe more magic is coming, too: somebody may turn a donkey into a prince just by kissing him!
But I am not telling you more, if you want to know just wait for next week and you will see...