Greek Girl

Every summer, Marina and I look forward to the Greek Festival. I took the day off today so we could go – the first day is usually the least crowded. Marina chose an Egyptian costume. Without the collar it looked Greek.

Today was a hot day, so Marina took her black fan and blue parasol. She looked so pretty! One man we ran into said he thought she looked like Helen of Troy. She wasn’t sure what to make of that. When we explained that Helen was called the most beautiful woman in the world, she liked it!

We started off shopping the various vendors set up outside. Marina especially liked looking at the jewelry. We decided to have lunch next. Marina was disappointed that they didn’t have calamari this year – she had been looking forward to that! Instead, we both had gyros. She did enjoy it.

We watch a group of children perform some simple Greek dances for a while, then we went into the church to look at their beautiful icons. By then, Marina was ready to go home. So we bought ice cream to enjoy on the way out.