Day 42

Well my birthday in Greece was loads of fun. We had a party at camp with all the volunteers which was really nice, I even got a cake baked by Mik which was delicious. But before cake I got surprised by Louis and Matt with a birthday song! It was such a funny song and very well done, especially for writing it in twenty minutes. Very sweet of them both, well the thought was. The lyrics were not as sweet because the song was mostly about how much their heads were going to hurt in the morning after drinking that night and how they would blame my birthday for it. The evening ended with a dirt fight and myself covered in that nights dinner. Pasta all over my face and hair! Yummy.

I had the next morning off, which was the best present of all. However I got put on a slide show shift for that evening. Which is the shift I hate the most, public speaking is not my thing. Entering the hotel I was scared because the lobby was fairly busy so I was worried the presentation would be full. Luckily when the time came to speak there were less then 10 people in the room. At one point during the presentation while I was speaking a family got up and left in the middle. Then my partner Aurelien started to laugh quietly, which of course made me break down as well. Not the most professional slide show ever presented. After the show I got told off by a French man that I read too much off the paper as he laughed in my face. Oh man, these five star guests are intimidating to present in front of.

My volunteer placement is coming to an end this weekend, which is such a big shock because it doesn’t feel like I have been here this long. I talked to my camp leader about it and I am seeing if there is room for me to stay an extra two weeks at camp. This means I would cut scandinavia out of my itinerary . I found out Norway is extremely expensive so this makes it work out for the better to save some money and enjoy another two weeks of volunteering. I haven’t got any word yet, she was told the camp is at its capacity but she is going to call her boss and try to work me in since I am considered one of the “good” volunteers. Fingers crossed!