Its Greek to me

February 12- Today I cooked spaghetti for dinner and as I was cleaning my dishes a girl who lives on my floor walked in and we started talking. The girl’s name was Deni (pronounced like Deny) and she invited me to drink coffee with her and a friend who was coming over.  His name was Greg and they are both Greek.  I talked to Deni and Greg for about an hour and a half just going back and forth asking questions about ourselves and our home countries.  It was very interesting to learn more about Greek culture, as I didn’t know a whole lot to begin with.  That was also the first time I have ever drank coffee but I did not tell Deni or Greg that.  The coffee tasted really good actually.  Deni let me try some Greek casserole with noodles in it.  It sounds a little strange but it was actually quite delicious.  She also gave me a Greek sweet which was a fourth of an orange with really sugary syrup on top.  I thought it was a strange sweet because we also ate the orange peels but because it was an orange and had a ton of sugar, it tasted very good.  Deni and Greg told me that the Greek people like to eat a lot and like to eat food with a lot of sugar which probably explains all the sugar on the oranges.  I had an awesome time talking and meeting these Greek people.  I also learned that Germans do not like Greeks for some reason and was also told that the only good movies in the world are American made!  I also met another Greek girl who lives on my floor whose name is Angela.  Everyone was very nice.  Greg was really funny too.  It was a great experience.  That is one of the reasons why I came to Amsterdam, to meet new international people which was really cool.