Πωπώ!Partytime at;
Christmas is here as well,
- even if the taverna is closed!
Vi var invitert til lunch,
så vi hentet gutta i Mouertro og kjørte til Loutraki.
Surt og kaldt var det, men innen for plasten var det dekket og pyntet til et flott juleparty.
14 var vi, og denne gang var vi de
eneste utlendingene!We were invited to lunch,
so we picked up the boys in Mouertero and
drove to Loutraki. Rather chilly day, but inside
it was rally nice and Christmassy.
14 around the table, and this time we
were the only foreigners.
Det kom mat på bordet,
den ene lekkre rett etter den andre.
Xristos, til høyere her, hadde gledet seg i månedvis til å smake sin more mat igjen.
Hver dag når de snakket med hverandre før han kom, spurte han om hva morne skulle lave!
Inter er bedre enn mor Despinas mat,
mener begge sønnene!Cola på bordet, - jeg skal love deg at det ikke var cola, det var hjemmelavet vin fra Ptolemida,
en fjellandsby ikke så langt fra Thessaloniki,
hvor Depsinas familie bor.Ellers var det nok av vin, og massser av tzipourou, også hjemmelavet fra Ptolemida.
Og det ble dans,
Food came on the table,
the one delicious dish after the other.
Xristos, to the right up here, had looked forward
to his mums food for a long time.
Every day when they talked on the phone he
was wondering what dishes his mum would
cook for him! Nothing is better than mum
Despinas food, for these boys!Coke on the table, - I can promise you it was no coke, it was homemade wine from Ptolemida, a village up in the mountains not too fare from Thessaloniki, where Despinas family lives.
There was plenty of wine, and even more
tzipourou, also homemade.And there was dances;
Mest pontiske danser,
og her kommer den store "oppvisningen";Most Pontian dances,
and here are the great "performance";
πάλι πωπώ!Tallerkenknusning,
og her var det bare moro!I gamle dager var det skikk å knuse tallerkner,
ofte var det en mor som knuste en ved sin sønns føtter mens han danset, for å vise hvor stolt hun var! Eller en ung kvinne som så "drømmen i sitt liv" danse, kastet en tallerken ved hans føtter, for at han skulle bli oppmerksom på akkurat henne.
Eller enkelt sagt; av kefi!Skikken ble forbudt under juntan,
men forsvant aldri.
MEN nå er det for dyrt å knuse dekketøyet,
så ofte brukes det nellikblomst-hoder eller papirservietter. Jeg har sett at 3. sortering tallerkner, lavet for dette, har blitt brukt.
Man kjøper en stabel og kan kaste som man vil.
Ikke lurt danse barfødt da!Åh for et party!
Breaking plates,
and this was all fun!In the older day it was a tradition to break plates at celebrations, often could a mum through one at her sons feet, to show how proud she was of him! Or a young girl could throw one when she saw "the man of her dreams" dance, so that he would notice her especially her.
Or simply said; of kefi!It was forbidden during the junta,
but did never disappear.
BUT it is too expensive to break plates, so often carnation-heads or napkins are used.
Or I have seen special plates, the lowest
quality, made for this purpose, been used.
One just buys a bunch and can throw as one likes, no good to dance without shoes then!Oh what a party!
by Zac
Consumer group reports 5% increase in prices of basic goods
by (ANA-MPA)The "basket of goods" bought by the average Greek household has increased by 100,23 euros or roughly five percent over the last year, consumer group Elkeka reported on Tuesday.
Citing figures released by Greece's statistical authority, Elkeka said the cost of these basic goods had increased from 2,020,52 euros in November 2009 to 2,120,75 euros in November 2010.
The highest increases were in alcoholic drinks and tobacco products, which climbed 19 percent in the year, followed by transport costs that rose 16 percent and housing which rose by six percent.
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