My parent's Wedding Story

My parent’s wedding story

My parents, Maria and Costas, first had a civil marriage on 1997 and then got married on July 9^th 2007 in a church. My parents got married on a Greek island called Sifnos in a church near the sea. They choose that location because they fell in love with it when they visited the island many years before I was born.  They knew each other for more than 10 years and they met in Cyprus.

When my parents had their church wedding, my dad’s best friend came and his wife Mrs. Andre, and their two daughters Monica and Miranda. My mum’s best friends were invited as well, Mrs. Vasso and Mrs. Vicky.

It is a Greek tradition the father of the bride to take her to the church. My grandfather was too old to travel so my dad’s best friend took my mother to the church. My dad was waiting outside the church with a small bouquet of flowers. My dad led my mum into the church and they stood in the middle of the church and the ceremony started. An old priest did all the wedding ceremony. I and Miranda were holding the candles, standing on either side of my parents. The ceremony was simple but was very elegant.

The church was built on the edge of a cliff with the sea surrounding it on three sides. The church was more than 200 years old and quiet small, the chandelier was shaped as a boat, because the people who built it were sailors. My mum was not wearing a wedding dress but a beautiful white dress. My dress and Miranda’s were specially made by a designer; they were the same but different colors. My parents didn’t have the traditional wedding rings but they made two rings with antique stone in gold. At the end of the ceremony as a tradition we threw rice to the sweet couple and my mum threw the bouquet which Vasso got it and as they say she was the next to get married (unfortunately not yet).

Later on when the ceremony finished we went back to the hotel where we where staying. There we had a dinner party on the veranda overlooking the sea. The food was cooked by my mum’s best friend Vicky who is a chef. There was a lot of Champaign and my parents gave to the guests as for remembering the wedding and the deep blue sea a small souvenir made out of silver and blue glass which is said for good luck.

I was very lucky to be present at my parent’s wedding and to be one of their bridesmaids. You will see the surprise on my face on the photo. It was a fantastic experience for me whom I will never forget and I thank my parents who gave me the chance to be part of a beautiful ceremony.

11 for 2011

What do you have in your pocket? 
Nothing

What was the last thing you had to drink?
Water

What makes you happy?
Suprises

What was the last really nice thing you did for someone?
Help someone to find the nurse

What scares you?
Spiders and discusting things like bugs, insects and nightmares

What was the last movie you saw?
Jonny English

What was the last song you sang?
Lady GaGa

What was the last thing you bought?
A whiteboard, markers for my board, eraser for my board

What couldn't you live without?
Sims 2-3, my phone, my ipad, my computer and FACEBOOK!!!

What do you hope for?
All my whishes to come true

What could you live without?
HOMEWORK AND MY BOOK

The Year of the Dog

1. Cultural Trait: Lissy had a pain on her neck because she slept on the floor. Her grandma painted with a spiecial brush and black paint from special stones, a tiger and a pig. The tiger was chasing after the pig and all this running would massage the neck and make it feel better.
2. Cultural Diffusion: Wedding dress, wedding cake and bridesmaids. This you can find in any wedding ceremonie. However there are also specific wedding customes in different countries.
3. Cultural Diversity: Grace's grandma wanted her mother how to learn to play piano. Piano as a music instrument was first used in Europe. Slowly, slowly people in other continents started playing piano. It was something that reached people used to have because it was very difficult and hard to find a piano and very expensive to buy one.

        The house of the piano teacher, where my mother was having her lessons was an       

        American style house, the whole house was decorated with the finest furniture from

        Europe as well as lots of porcilain boxes and ivory glass vases.

Culture name

My name is Emilia. Some people call me Emi or Emily. The origin of my name is Greek and it means, friendly or soft. Emilia was a greek saint and she was the mother of saint Basil the Great. We celebrate my nameday on the 30th of May.
Like all the other babies my parents chose this name for me. It was the name of my mum's Auntie who was married with my grandfather's brother. My parents were very close with Auntie Emilia and they also liked the name very much, thats why they gave me that name.
I like my name because of how it sounds when they call me.
I am very lucky to have this name because there are so many similar names people can call me. Like Emma, Emily, Lily, Emi. To tell you the truth my favourite name is when my dad calls me Emiloushka.
When I grow up and have my own children and if its a boy I will name him Andre or Danial and if it's a girl I will name her Cleo or Costantina(after my dad.)
Did you know that many Polish Queens and Princesses have had this rare name(I found this from the internet. REAL) 

Geography (definitions)

Culture: Is the set of beliefs, values, and practices that a group of people have in common.

Culture trait: Is an activity or behaviour in which people often take part. For example, England, India, Australia like playing cricket.

Culture region: Is an area in which people have many culture traits. For example, across Southwest of Asia and North Africa most people speak Arabic and they are mouslim. Another example is that Italy, Spain, France and Greece are using a lot of olive oil in their food(s).

 Ethnic group: Is a group of people who share a common culture and ancestry. For example more than 100 ethnic groups live in the East African country of Tanzania.

Cultural diversity: Is the state of having a varaity of cultures in the same area.

Cultural diffusion: Is the spread of culture traits from one region to another.

Traditions

My family's tradions that all the family enjoys every year are many. I will put down a few of these traditions which when i grow up and have a family of my own, I will pass it on to my children. 

Christmas:

Christmas means a lot to my family. The first thing that we do is to get all the Christmas presents ready for our close relatives and best friends. We usually vist them and give them their presents. The other thing that we do during this period is to send our Christmas cards to our distant friends. 
Before the begining of December we decorate our house and put up the Christmas tree and decorate it. 
My mum and I we start preparing the christmas cookies (kourabiedes and melomakarona). We also make a traditional Christmas fruit cake.
On Christmas day my mum prepares a traditional  Christmas lunch with roast turkey and potatoes. My grandparents also come for lunch on  Christmas day.
After dinner we cut the Vasilipitta which is a cake in which there is a gold coin. We cut the cake in pieces , one for every person present and also one piece for Lucky , our dog. The one who gets the coin is the lucky person of the year.
 I forgot to tell you that first thing that we do on  christmas day, when we all wake up is to open our presents.

Easter:

On Easter week my mum invites some of her friends over to our house and they all make (Flaounes) a traditional Easter sweet made with pastry and graded cheese(special). Some friends of mine come over and help my mum and the others. We do our own cookies.
We also prepare the Easter eggs. We boil the eggs and paint them with lots of different colours. My favourite colour is yellow.
On Saturday before Easter all the family go to church and with our candles we take home the ''Holy Light'' to guide us for the rest of the year. In the evening we have a special soup the mummy makes with eggs and rice ( magiritsa ).
On Easter day we have friends  coming over and we have our easter dinner of roast lamb and potatoes and vegetables. After dinner we break the eggs and we have a bet on who is going to win and be the lucky person of the year, sometimes i win.

Vienna is the capital of Austria, and it lies in the eastern side of Austria, close to Slovakia, Hungary and Czech Republic.

It is my favourite place because there are nice people there and it is very clean and tidy. There are very nice bulidings in Vienna especially the Opera house. Everywhere on the streets there are musicians playing their instruments so people can be entertained. I love  horses too much so in Vienna i have the opportunity to go and ride horse carrigaes and vist the famous Lipizzaner horses. The food is Perfecto and you have to try their snitzhel and their chocolate cake called Sachertorte.