My Greek Family (Mi Familia Griega)

Bueno, este es mi primer post en el blog que mi querida prima tanguera creó para poder mantenernos en contacto y saber de las ultimas noticias de las familias griegas Baxevanis y Lazopulos.
La verdad que no tengo palabras para describir a la familia que tengo en Grecia y como me han tratado en mi estadia alli. Pase los mejores momentos con ellos, nos divertimos, nos reimos, bailamos. Fue un verdadero gusto haberlos conocidos personalmente y espero volver a verlos pronto...pero aca en Argentina.
Espero que esta idea del blog siga creciendo, asi nos vamos a sentir mas cerca.
Los quiero a todos, y muchas gracias por todo.
Niko

Well, this is my first post in this blog, that my lovely and "tanguera" cousin created in order to keep in touch and to know the lastest news of the greeks families Baxevanis and Lazopulos.
Really I don´t have enough words to describe the greek family i´ve got in Greece, and how they have treated me while i was there. I spent the best moments with them: we had fun, we had laughed and danced. It was a pleasure to meet all of you personally and I hope I see you soon again...but here in Argentina.
I hope this blog keep growing, so we will feel more closer.
I love you all, and thanks for everything.
Poli Filakis!
Niko

P/d: I know I have a very bad english, xaxaxa.

Goodbye!

All good things come to an end! And so Nikos (that’s how he wants to be called in Greece) is going back to Argentina. I hope he had a nice time in Greece and had the opportunity to know the country he loves so much. Now that he is so far away, I can tell how I really feel about my cousin.
When I first saw him, I recognized him immediately. Then I grew fond of him. He is such a sweet guy! I love his accent when he talks Greek. I like how patient he was when he taught me tango. And he was so nice with everyone. We had some good laughs. I don’t know if it’s the family bond, but I had so much fun with him.

Niko, I hope you had a nice time here with us. I managed not to cry when we said goodbye, but I will miss you, my tanguiero. Να είσαι καλά, να μας σκέφτεσαι, και να προσέχεις! Σε αγαπάμε πολύ! Φιλάκια πολλά!

See if you can find Nacho in this picture!!!! This was taken when the undersecretary of Foreign Affairs visited them! They are wearing the T-Shirts I talked about on the previous post.

And this was taken from their visit to the Greek Parliament. The short one with the pink tie is the President of the Parliament.

Nacho meets important people in Greece!!!

Με τους 130 νέους και νέες ομογενείς, ηλικίας 18-25 ετών, από χώρες του Νοτίου Ημισφαιρίου, οι οποίοι φιλοξενούνται αυτές τις μέρες στην Ελλάδα από τη Γενική Γραμματεία Απόδημου Ελληνισμού (Γ.Γ.Α.Ε.) του Υπουργείου Εξωτερικών, συναντήθηκαν και παρακάθισαν σε δείπνο ο Αναπληρωτής Πρόεδρος του Συμβουλίου Απόδημου Ελληνισμού (ΣΑΕ) και Συντονιστής της Περιφέρειας Αφρικής-Εγγύς/Μέσης Ανατολής κ.Χάρης Γκουβέλης
Οι νέοι ομογενείς προέρχονται από την Αυστραλία, τη Νέα Ζηλανδία, την Αργεντινή, τη Βενεζουέλα, τη Βραζιλία, τον Ισημερινό, την Κόστα Ρίκα, το Μεξικό, την Ουρουγουάη, τον Παναμά, το Περού, τη Χιλή, τη Νότιο Αφρική και τη Ζιμπάμπουε και φιλοξενούνται στην Ελλάδα από τις 6 έως τις 27 Ιανουαρίου στο πλαίσιο του χειμερινού προγράμματος φιλοξενίας «Ελληνικής Γλώσσας και Πολιτισμού», της Γ.Γ.Α.Ε.
Tο δείπνο παρατέθηκε στις 11 Ιανουαρίου το βράδυ.
Οι εκπρόσωποι του ΣΑΕ μετέφεραν στους νέους ομογενείς του θερμούς χαιρετισμούς του Προέδρου κ. Στέφανου Π.Ταμβάκη και των υπολοίπων μελών του Προεδρείου και τους προσέφεραν, στον καθένα ξεχωριστά, ως αναμνηστικό δώρο ένα μπλουζάκι με το σήμα του ΣΑΕ.


With the 130 young persons and new fellow countrymen, age of 18-25 years, from countries of Southern Hemisphere, which are entertained these days in Greece from the General Secretariat of Emigrant Hellenism (G.G. HM) the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, had also dinner with the Assistant Chairman of Council of Emigrant Hellenism and Coordinator of Region Africa-close Middle East.
The new fellow countrymen coming from Australia, the New Zealand, Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, the Costa Rica, Mexico, Uruguay, Panama, Perou, Chile, the South Africa and Zimbabwe and are entertained in Greece from the 6 until 27 January with the program of hospitality “Greek Language and Culture” of G.G. HM. The dinner took place on 11 January the evening
The representatives of SAE gave in the new fellow countrymen hot greetings of Chairman Mr. Stefanou and other members of the Board and offered to them, in each one separately, as commemorative gift a T-Shirt with the signal of SAE.

Welcome!

Difficult? Yes!

Impossible? No!

Many years ago, Tasoula left Greece to find a better future in Argentina. She left behind her sister Vagia. The years passed, they had children that got married and gave them grandchildren.

So part of the family now lives in Argentina. The Lazopulos Family! And the other lives in Greece. The Vaxevanis Family!

The Argentinians speak no greek and the Greeks speak no spanish. Can we still be a family? We think so!