22ND AUGUST 2010 MALTESE MASS AND ORTHODOX WEDDING
The past few days have brought a round of visiting and generally settling in - plus answering endless enquiries for "krahu tua" - my arm! Many are amazed its back to normal, thank God.
Ola was first on the list as I had attended the Gyne.Clinic and the Echo Test Centre with her each month. Now her baby boy is a month old and in great health.
We were invited to a wedding today. This meant we visited the family on Thursday evening. The groom's father is a Greek Orthodox priest, Prifti, and their house is very close to ours. It was full on Thursday evening, with lots of dancing. When we visited, luckily, a girl I had met when en route to Tirana, arrived at the same time. She was great and interpreted for us, explaining the customs. The wedding today was very beautiful - their Bishop did the ceremony assisted by more than eight priests. It took more than an hour. Both bride and groom are from here but live in the USA. We were happy to be included with the neighbours.
Last evening we had a surprise invitation to the Maltese house - a priest visiting in Tirana had arrived unexpectedly and would say Mass. We set off quickly! Then today, in our Church, he had no Italian Missal so he used English, with Albanian translation - to the surprise of the people and my delight!
Mirjam is all set now for an early start in the morning and I am ready to take up Albanian classes also tomorrow so life will be on an even keel again.
Have a good week!
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