Again we got up at 4 am for morning service and at first I wasn't tired but after a while I couldnt help but dozed off and Peter tells me that I was snoring. I don't usually snore. How embarrassing. I must of been really tired. After service we went back to bed for a little sleep and it stated raining and thundering. We were mean't to got to a nearby skeet today by boat but those plans were cancelled due to the weather. I was sort of glad because I was feeling a...

Well on the Gregorian calendar it's the feast day of St Constantine and Helen which means it's my name day again. We got up at 4am and walked up hill to a nearby killi (skeet) and attended liturgy there. That went for a few hours and afterwards back to our skeet for coffee. While Father Serafim was preparing for lunch Peter and I swept and hosed down most of the concrete yard outside . It wad a Hugh task but with patience we managed to do it. There is an abunda...

The church bell rang loud as usual today. I was on my toes out of bed in seconds. I just couldn't help feeling so sleepy during liturgy I was opening and closing my eyes throughout the service. Once I had antidero (bread) I was ok. We had morning coffee tsoureki and pita outside and afterwards we helped the elder clean the gas stove. It took me ages to degrease and scrub the grime off it. Then the elder had our morning/lunch planned. He sent us off to a nearby ...

We left for Agion Oros early from our hotel in Thessaloniki to the Ktel Bus Depot. We bought tickets there for Ouranoupoli. Cost was 14€ So the bus to Ouranoupoli took two hours. Once we got there we had a gyros. Mine had pork, tomato and tsatsiki with chips. It was time to catch the boat to Agion Oros from Ouranoupoli marina but for some reason we needed a special certificate that cost $25. Once we paid and got our paper we boarded and off we went. The boat...