Saturday, 10th of March, is Vangelis' birthday. I managed to move my flight to Sunday 830pm, so I could stay for his party. I am SOOO glad i did!!!
We went to Gennadi, to a restaurant where the owner was obviously a friend. There was a great mix of family, friends from the village and newbies - the teachers from the local school, whom Vangelis had met the night they came to Platanos. The 'village people' included John who hails from Manchester but has lived in Lachania for over two decades, and Hans the German who I met (apparently) when I was 11, at Martine's 40th. He doesn't remember either, but now we're old friends :)
We all sat in a U-shaped table configuration with Vangelis at the centre, able to rotate and talk to whoever he wanted. We had a big meal and beer and wine and dessert (strawberry birthday cake - yum!). There was great and interesting conversation (John and I discovered we both loved 'chicks on guitars' as a genre of music and got carried away with that for quite a while!) and then the singing started!
Just like last night, we had a singalong, but on a bigger scale, and with more instruments. There was even some Greek dancing!! It was honestly so much fun, with the drums and Savvas' guitar, Vangelis on the harmonica and one of the teachers from the school knew a lot of folk songs. I, of course, knew none, but did enjoy the sing music and was clapping and smiling and humming when I could.
The night ended at 2am, well past my bed time, but I am so glad I got to attend such a fun and unique experience... I think I need to come back for the next birthday though - Vangelis' big 70th; if this was anything to go by!!
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