Back to School

We've been in US now for slightly under a week and I'm definitely happy about being back. Our move into our new apartment was somewhat of a disaster - Manish's flight in from Seattle got cancelled and I ended up having to deal with cranky movers all by myself, parts of our furniture were missing and couldn't be reassembled for a while, and some of our boxes are still not here. However, we have almost settled in - and even cooked dinner at home tonight! It's really nice living in an urban area. There are two Indian grocery stores within walking distance from our apartment!

I start classes tomorrow and I am strangely excited about that. Hopefully I will be able to remember this feeling when I am sleep deprived :)

Anyway, as you can see, Manish and I are thinking that we might continue this blog. Our updates will probably not be as exciting, but who knows, maybe they will :)

A Splash of Color

When we got to Santorini, we were surrounded by muted colors. Brown cliffs, hazy blue sea. Beautiful, in a calm way. As we explored the island further, we realized that there really were splashes of color everywhere. Red pebbles on the red beach. Whitewashed churches with gorgeous blue domes. Bright buildings every now and then that looked like they should be in Venice. And most amazingly, the incredible hues of the famous sunset. One evening, we scrambled over some rocks and found our way to the top of an isolated church - where we shared the sunset with a couple from Nice. The next evening, we joined the masses in Oia for a magical, if not peaceful, sunset. Really - people actually started clapping once the sun went down. All part of the touristy fun though :) 


Soon our vacation will come to an end, and I am already starting to get a little sad about that. However, we have one last hurrah before we board the flight home. We are heading to Central Greece tomorrow to check out Delphi and Meteora. Meteroa, especially is supposed to be quite hot, but extremely pretty.