East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1960-08-11

mother monographs 1t.
Before leaving for Greece,
Darlene gave her mother a list
of 80 names of people to whom
she simply chad" to write. Her
mother runs off 100 copies of
Darlene's letter "Just in case
some of the neighbors show any
interest"
Aug. 18th is a special day for
Darlene. She will be II that day
and 5000 miles from home.
Darlene will fly to the United
States from Greece, Aug 31st.
She will be abe to tell her i'm
presions personally then. In the
meantime here are some ex-
cerpts from her last letter.
ON TRAVEL: Our stay in
Shannon, Ireland, was all too
short. l wish we could see Ire
land for a few days. Oh did l
love to hear the Irish talk! We
flew over London and Paris.
From the air they probably look
like any other city; but to me
land all the kids on the plane
seeing them was a dream come
true! We watched the sun rise.
1t was perfectly beautiful-but
nothing compared to flying over
the Alps! Looking down on
them, with clouds billowing all
over was just breath-taking!
It's about an hours drive from
where the boat docked to our
suburb of Zographou and so we
took a taxi. Counting the driver.
there were 10 Of us plus a baby.
Wow. What a ride that was.
Cars, busses, trucks and motor
scooters were lined up bumper to
bumper all the way. Everyone
in the car was singing - the
driver loudest of them all. Here
the folks sing all the time - in
restaurants, on the beach, or any
place they feel the urge.
Any travel in Greece is an
adventure! In the cities, no one
ever seems to glance at the few
traffic signals; and in the viii
lagos the roads are very narrow
and crooked so that a driver just
lays on his horn and goes around
the curves hoping that anyone
approaching will hear him. When
two cars meet, one of them has
to find a way to get off the road
so the other can pass; in the
mountains this can be very
erve-wracking!
Buses are smaller than ours
and, when everyone pushes into
place, they have remarkable
to the inside of a
sardine can.
ON FOOD: The food is diff
ferent. l must admit that the
six fish (cute little things -
head and alb on the dinner
table today didn't look too in
viting, but / ate some and
few beans fixed with some
kind Of sauce. / don't really dis
like anything yet. For breakfast
had bread and jam and hot
milk with sugar in it. 1t wasn't
bad, but tomorrow I'll ask for it
cold. 1t seems as if Pm thirsty
all the time.
Everywhere are goats and
mules grazing and by each house
you see goat, or 2 or more,
hanging from the porch roof,
skinned, and ready to be butch
cred. It's rather disturbing to
eat your meal with a carcass
hanging in the open few feet
away!
Would | love a good OLE Big
Boy and coke even without the
onion rings! The food isn't bad
. it's so different. Seems like
water and fruit are about the
only things that are the same.
ON CUSTOMS: Whenever
.nyone meets a friend anywhere
hey shake hands and the same
hing to say goodbye. I've never
lad so many hand-shakes in all
ny life. The people are very |
annd friends just :
lrop in anytime and all the !
ime. Also, no matter what
ime of the day it is, when r
you visit friends you immediate
Y are served a dessert. 1t is
Usually a small dish of candied
.herries or grapes and they are
yery delicious.
Families are quite close - in
all the cousins, aunts,
lncles, etc. Relatives are always