a little piece of greece!

i'm sort of all over the place in timing with this blog, but that's okay because this is mostly for me anyways. so, i was in chicago last week visiting my family, june and aleko and also bringing home charlie. the first few days were spent with just june and aleko and i can't tell you enough how much i loved just being with them...

all we did was spend time together. we lounged, took naps, conquered some champions (way to go team!) they also took me to this greek restaurant that served yummy food! i wished my stomach was feeling better so i could have eaten more of the dessert...i also watched some greek futbol with them...man oh man is greek soccer different! at least the fans are anyways...

even after we picked up charlie, i was lucky enough to meet aleko's family. i fell in L O V E with them! his mom, which june calls mana is the essence of living life! she is so full of energy and is always trying to feed you! mmm good! her home cooking is one of the best i've ever had and just the family feel with the rest of aleko's sister's family left me with warm fuzzies inside. i almost didn't want to leave because i wanted to experience more of it...i came back to oregon to explain and describe what it was all like but truly, you just have to experience it yourself.

i loved when mahna says, "BRAVO junaki" and also loved all the toasting that went on during dinner...i had water but they still included me on the toasting.

thank you to the brentano's family...charlie and i miss you already.