Word for the Travel Wise (08/20/06)

Just wanted to share this pretty cool blog on Greece as seen through the eyes of an American-Irish expat couple living in the isles. They keep the site fairly updated discussing a range of subjects on the Greek Islands and what it’s like as an expat living abroad. These are the kinds of blogs that get me into trouble. They make me want to take the plunge myself and head to foreign lands to settle in for a while if not forever.

Today’s word is a Greek word from Greece:

foni – voice

Online sources for learning Greek for free include BBC Languages and AGNI. The courses at BBC Languages are incredible. Probably one of the best you’ll find online and audio can even be found for today’s word by clicking here. Amerispan offers Greek immersion and language courses in Athens. Pretty pricey, but hey it’s Greece!

Past Greek words: toh karavee, Pascha, aigolios, thello

Word for the Travel Wise (07/20/06)

Each day I post a word that I find online somewhere that tickles my fancy or one I’ve pulled from my own very personal foreign language vocabulary bank, but what I’d really love to do is the whole immersion thing some place like Greece. You know, spend months soaking in sun from the sky and the sounds of the people… Ah. How good life could in Santorini for a few months. Don’t you agree? I mean, it doesn’t have to be Greece, but wouldn’t it be nice to get away for a while?

Today’s word is a Greek word from Greece:

thello – I want…

Online sources for learning Greek for free include BBC Languages and AGNI. The courses at BBC Languages are incredible. Probably one of the best you’ll find online and audio can even be found for today’s word by clicking here. Amerispan offers Greek immersion and language courses in Athens. Pretty pricey, but hey it’s Greece!

Past Greek words: toh karavee, Pascha, aigolios