tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435777.post112966023414778522..comments2023-12-25T12:57:29.431+02:00Comments on Mel's Diner: Homesick, but for what?melusinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04096116965055620488noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435777.post-1130001207795746782005-10-22T20:13:00.000+03:002005-10-22T20:13:00.000+03:00Hehe teacher dude, I guess I identify more with th...Hehe teacher dude, I guess I identify more with the Litochoro life because it was more like living in semi-suburban America. Once I get used to Thessaloniki I think (hope) I'll like it. It is just so overwhelming for now, and I didn't live in that big of a city in the U.S. I mean Nashville is big but I don't think it is as big as Thessaloniki. And I didn't live in downtown Nashville either.melusinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04096116965055620488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435777.post-1129986190241972152005-10-22T16:03:00.000+03:002005-10-22T16:03:00.000+03:00Hi,I love you blog, btw I was in Litohoro just a c...Hi,<BR/><BR/>I love you blog, btw I was in Litohoro just a couple of weeks ago visiting friends. A nice place but I don't know if I could handle small-town life on a full-time basis. Give me the relative anonymity of a large city like Thessaloniki, anyday.teacher dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17202858180246680798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435777.post-1129741723612617812005-10-19T20:08:00.000+03:002005-10-19T20:08:00.000+03:00I have this weird type of homesickness- I feel mor...I have this weird type of homesickness- I feel more homesick when I am back 'home' in Canada. I think it builds up inside me as the time approaches for me to return to my expat home. But lately I am feeling a little homesick for Canada- I think it is that Christmas is approaching.Miss Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05755376182972818159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435777.post-1129724941851526062005-10-19T15:29:00.000+03:002005-10-19T15:29:00.000+03:00Yea, I like Sundrop but it wasn't my drink of choi...Yea, I like Sundrop but it wasn't my drink of choice, and you couldn't get it just anywhere in Nashville either.<BR/><BR/>Gia, I'll see if I can find out why your emails bounced and email you.<BR/><BR/>Thanks Mike!<BR/><BR/>Hiya Zorkmidden, my husband knows the salepi guy in Agia Sophia, but he has never tried it before. He says he is wary, haha. I've never had koulouri at all, actually. But one thing Thessaloniki (and I guess Northern Greece) has is bougatsa! Man, that stuff is good.<BR/><BR/>Cyn, today (the 19th) is my birthday. I'm now officially really old.melusinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04096116965055620488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435777.post-1129714279723075672005-10-19T12:31:00.000+03:002005-10-19T12:31:00.000+03:00After living in Italy for only three months, I wen...After living in Italy for only three months, I went to Amierica to visit my family. I couldn't believe how homesick I was for Italy while I was there.<BR/><BR/>I have to admit that I too, am a little homesick these days. Not so much for Indiana, but for my family. Yesterday I got a box in the mail from my parents, now I miss them even more. Sigh, the life of an expat...<BR/><BR/>So when is your birthday miss mel?<BR/>Buon Compleanno e tanti, tanti auguri!<BR/>CynCynthia Raehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09682883555325866307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435777.post-1129693909381755722005-10-19T06:51:00.000+03:002005-10-19T06:51:00.000+03:00Hi Mel,I hope Salonica becomes one of your favouri...Hi Mel,<BR/><BR/>I hope Salonica becomes one of your favourite cities, it's my hometown :-) I don't know if this will be your first winter there, for me that's the best season to be in Thessaloniki, it's so miserably hot and humid in the summer. If you get a chance to try "salepi"--it's a hot drink and it's perfect in the winter--there's an old man that walks around downtown, around Agia Sophia, Venizelou, that area, who sells it. I don't think they have it in Athens. Kai den yparhei kalytero koulouri ap'to Salonikiotiko ;-) Never been to Nashville, but my blogging partner used to live there. <BR/><BR/>I've visited here before, I love your blog and I'm adding you to my blogroll.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435777.post-1129671152723587202005-10-19T00:32:00.000+03:002005-10-19T00:32:00.000+03:00Hello, I saw your comment on my blog and tried to...Hello,<BR/> I saw your comment on my blog and tried to send you an e-mail response but it was bounced back to me 3 times. This is what I wrote: If you want to write to me I will write back. If you begin with a short note card, maybe you cna ease yourself into it. Shall I send my address?Gia-Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992947311477100789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435777.post-1129670342205455612005-10-19T00:19:00.000+03:002005-10-19T00:19:00.000+03:00Nice job on this. I know The Vol Abroad and I both...Nice job on this. I know The Vol Abroad and I both have touched on this issue in the past. Though I haven't experienced the culture shock you have, I too have thought it silly that I sometimes miss a place that I really didn't stay in long enough to form an attachment.<BR/><BR/>Glad to see I'm not the only one.<BR/><BR/>Oh, this is really off the wall, but I never got around to commenting on it when it was topical. I totally understand why you don't miss SunDrop. SunDrop is not a Nashville drink -- it's popularity really is concentrated, in my experience, in southern middle TN and north AL.St. Caffeinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01640682343120137328noreply@blogger.com