So, without harping about this too much, I should mention that I have lived and traveled through some of the grubbiest places on the planet and, yet, Europe of the 21st century seems to have devolved into a land of philistines. This, for instance, was THE line for immigration in Athens. It wouldn't have been so bad, I guess, if people hadn't continually tried to get "ahead" of us in this particular line. (No one, I should point out, seemed to notice how ironic it was that after this line, we all got to wait, together, for our luggage.) All Alex and I could do was laugh...
Once we were given a little more elbow room, we found place near our hotel in the Plaka with some cold beer (There were forest fires raging around Athens, we would later discover while "reading" the newspapers.)...
This is Alpha beer, which you can start to see if you stare at the bottle long enough. We had some food...
Meet the Greek Salad. Alex and I would have at least one of these everyday for the rest of our vacation. Simple: tomatoes, cucumbers, purple onion, olives, sometimes: green or red peppers, a little lettuce, and over it all, a nice big block of feta. Superstar: I'm not sure why America is the strongest country in the world and all of our tomatoes taste like cardboard. In Greece, they all taste like tomatoes, real tomatoes! Amazing.
Another dish that I have been enamored of for years is tzatziki...
How could anyone possibly go wrong with yogurt, onion, and a lot of garlic? We also had this stuff: goats cheese with goats meat (also known as lamb).
what's the dressing on the salad? should i not purchase olive oil by the gallon(s) at costco?
Posted by: annie | September 23, 2007 at 08:52 PM
Olive oil and vinegar with dried oregano flakes, for the most part. And go right ahead, just remember to check on the lemons too...
Posted by: jack barslow | September 24, 2007 at 05:10 AM