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| Warriors with REAL armor and weapons! |
The boys and I had such a fantastic day at the
Yiasou Greek Festival in Charlotte yesterday. We arrived at the festival right at lunch time, starving, and we were not disappointed! We immediately enjoyed a feast of Pastichio, Spanakopita, Dolmada, Grecian Baked Chicken, Lamb roasted in zomee - it's own juice, Salad, and bread, in a beautifully decorated room. For dessert, we shared a Baklava Sundae. We purchased pastries-to-go of Baklava, Spanakopita, Kataifi, Galaktobouriko, and some type of taquito-looking dessert I can't find the name for on the menu.
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| Getting a taste test of Galaktoboureko (my fave) from the sweet Greek ladies! |
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| Grecian Baked Chicken |
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| Lamb Plate (Oh so tender!) |
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| Baklava Sundae |
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| Sam LOVED the Spanakopitas! |
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We browsed the vendors and did a little shopping. Such beautiful clothing and jewelry! We purchased the flag of Greece (for our flag collection),
worry beads (we read about in our Greek culture and were looking forward to these!) , two books the boys picked out (DK Eyewitness Workbooks Ancient Greece and The Story of the Olympics by Minna Lacey), and a Greek Classic Tunes CD (I am so in love with Greek music!). I was really disappointed that evil eye charms could not be found at this festival, supposedly because of their pagan symbolism, however, apparently Britney Spears nesting dolls are appropriate???? Bwahahaha.....
The boys busted a move to funky Greek tunes on the front stage outside for two hours!
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| Josiah even did some pole moves! |
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| Sam is a playa'! |
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| We (the unsocialized homeschoolers) make friends wherever we go! |
We treated our new friends to Sno-Cones.....
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| Beautiful Smiles! |
The most-loved exhibit for us was the Culture/History room. All sorts of statues, weapons, armor, and artifacts were on display. We even got to hold a REAL shield...HEAVY! The wimpish, pampered man-folk of today would never have been able to be warriors!The warriors were there in full armor to answer your questions about the exhibits. I had to drag the boys away from this room!
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| Josiah was the first to point out "The REAL Parthenon!" |
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| We had read about Herakles only the night before! |
We will most definitely go back next year! I want to visit Greece, Dad, please?
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