This morning we got up and packed to leave for the island of Paros. We had a good breakfast and then we went to look around in the shops. I found a place where they sold soccer jerseys. I got a jersey just like the Greek National Soccer Team. It’s blue and white, just like the Greek flag. After we left the shop, we went past a place where some men were pouring new concrete and they had just finished smoothing it perfectly. Suddenly a dog ran through the concrete, leaving his pawprints behind. You should have heard what those guys said. It was in Greek, but I think I knew what they said! It was funny to me (not to them!).

We got onto the ferry and I wanted to do my schoolwork. We were in the loud place so we moved into the quieter place where there was only one TV in it. My parents let me watch one very good half of a movie that I had already seen before but it was very funny. Then I did my schoolwork very quickly so I could explore the ship some more.

We arrived in Paros at night and walked to our hotel. Our room is not the best, but downstairs in the lobby, they have a talking bird. It knows mostly Greek but knows three English words. They are hello, goodbye and cuckoo-cuckoo (like the clock behind him).