25th March, Greek Independence Day

"Freedom or death. These are the first words that come in the mind of every Greek in the sound of this date. The 25th of March is both national and religious holiday for Greece. It is the date that their ancestors back in the 1821 started their revolution against the Ottoman Empire.

It was a big day for H as all the children in the Greek school in Edinburgh recited poems. This is a challenge for a 4 year old Scottish lass (I call her Scottish, her Mother calls her Greek)! Her poem translated reads:

At Psara's full black back,
the lonely glory walks
studying its brilliant lads
wearing wear wraeth
made of the few greens
that have remained in its desert land.