I'll skip to the thunderstorm on Friday so I leave some stories to tell when I get home ;)
This past weekend was Easter for the Greek Orthdox Church - which makes up somewhere between 90-100% of all churchgoers in Kefalonia. We missed the service but came into the church afterwards to light some candles. A little elderly women - of which Kefalonia has many - smile warmly and greeted us as we were leaving. We managed to understand that she wanted to know where we were from and thanks to our wonderfully energetic Greek teacher we stammered out that we were students from the States studying in Argostoli. She seemed delighted and surprised and kept pressing us for more information but our extensive Greek vocabulary had been exhausted. She was incredibly kind and warm though despite our limited encounter.
After the church we headed down to the plateia and stumbled upon a procession. It was led by a priest/bishop? followed by alterboys carrying crosses and lanterns and two lines of boy scouts on either side to form a "barrier". Hundred of people followed behind and we took ranks and continued on to the plateia. There was a small stage there where the leading group took their place and the priest said some words and other priests/deacons? sang responses. Then the group continued out the other side of the plateia and the whole mass of people followed to the other side of town. Afterwards we went back to the plateia and just people watched. We played some frisbee, worked on dance moves, sat around - generally did nothing - until about 2am. We were debating heading down to the beach when we noticed an electrical storm moving in. By the time we got back to the apartments it was in full force so we headed down to the pier to watch natures show - and what a show it was. Massive lightning strikes with thunder so loud it set off car alarms. Every time it struck the water lit up a magnificent green and it rained so hard you couldn't tell where the pier ended and the sea began. At 4am we returned home - thoroughly soaked but now on schedule for bozoukia night.
