Greek Celebration

We went to a Greek Celebration last weekend and had a wonderful time.  Of course, the food was amazing.  We tried a little of everything, and, call me boring, but my favorite Greek food is still the Gyro.  We also enjoyed the honey-drenched pastries, of course.  The dancing was so fun to watch!  It was especially interesting to see the men balance water glasses as they danced, and drink the water as they leaned back all the way to the floor.  One guy even danced on a wine bottle.  Pretty cool.  I think that one of the girls' favorite thing was the shopping.  Katrina wanted a jingly coin scarf so bad!  She was broke, though, so she hopes to buy one next year.  She thinks it would make a wonderful scarf for a Halloween costume.  Miriam, who has a job, and therefore has money, bought a dress.

Everyone loved going into the cathedral and looking around.  We found a very nice lady who answered all of our questions which included the following:
Question:  Those look like white Jordan Almonds on that tray.  Are they?  Answer:  Yes.  They are used in the marriage sacrament to represent bitter and sweet.
Question:  I don't see a place for a choir.  Do you have singing?  Answer:  Yes.  The choir sings on the balcony behind the congregation.
Question:  Is that Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John painted on the ceiling?  Yes.
Question:  Who sits in the throne?  Answer:  The bishop when he comes, which is seldom because he is bishop over 4 plus states.
Question:  What did you say the baby baptism font is shaped like?  Answer:  It is shaped like a womb to represent a new birth.  Babies and adults are baptized by immersion.  They are dipped three times.
And on and on.  We had lots of questions.
It was a fun and informative outing and we are so glad we went!