The Actual Feast Day of St. Laurence

As I mentioned in previously, Lori always celebrates his Name Day the evening before as there are so many to go and see the day of. In Aetofolia, there are three Laurences and we set out to visit the first around 7:30 pm. The first to visit was Laura, Elisabet's daughter, who lives in the last house in the 'pera xorio'. As it was still early by Greek standards, she was at home with her husband, her mother and her mother's caretaker companion. Laura had petite eclairs and a fruit desert. While there, the phone rang numerous times from people who called to wish her well.





Our second visit was to Loran "Gabelli" (Now, I put that in quotes because that's not his last name. Everyone here goes by a 'paratsoyxli' (a nick name of sorts that trascends generations). He was at home with his wife and son and he had three visitors besides us. His table was loaded with various bottles of alcohol and deserts.





Our third and last visit for the evening was to Loran, Eleni and Nicoletta's father. We arrived around 9 pm and this is the time people here start going out. He was at home with his wife, 2 children, his mother and all kinds of visitors from not only our village but beyond. The phone rang constantly and there were many people coming and going. They also had all kinds of alcohol and deserts on the table. Many of the deserts were homemade.


Now, I don't normally pay attention to the particulars of a table but since my name day is tomorrow, August 11th, I have to take notes.... I don't know if anyone will show up since you don't invite anyone to come over to your Name Day feast and there's only one Susanna in the area (that's me!) but I want to be prepared just in case anyone remembers.





Dad continued on to Kalloni to wish Loran "Klapak" a happy Name Day but by this point Baby was tuckered out and Faviana not far behind. My time to put the kids to bed, Greek time to go out and party.