Dinner Parties Make the Days (and Nights) Brighter

Charlie has met a few international friends in his Finnish class, one of which is a Professor from Greece. She lives here with her 15-year old teenage daughter. They invited us and Joan, another Fulbright grantee, for an authentic Greek dinner...delicious! These days we only have about five hours of daylight, so dinner parties become especially important to ensure social interaction, joy, and laughter. Seriously, a Finn told us that the only way to survive the dark months is to exercise and meet with friends often. After a scrumptious dinner, we drank wine, ate roasted chestnuts and plum tarts as we shared stories about living in Finland.