All through our vacation I ordered grilled food for my main meal. Unexpectedly, it was always served with fries. I was hoping for some nice lemon grilled potatoes as we get in Canadian Greek restaurants.
So on our last evening in Athens, I asked George if he could order some roasted potatoes with our lamb dinner. He replied that they always served fries with grilled food in Greece.
I looked over longingly at the neighbouring table that had just been served their dinner, complete with roasted potatoes. Oh George…
On the plane home from Athens, it’s hard to imagine our lovely Greek vacation wasn’t a dream. Yesterday at this time, we were climbing the Acropolis to see the Parthenon, Greece’s symbol of western civilization. We had slept in that morning in our posh hotel room and got to the Acropolis close to noon only to find long line ups to enter the site. The rain was threatening, so we decided to visit the Acropolis Museum first. By now, we knew the original artifacts would be found in the museum whereas the actual sites contain very convincing reproductions. Not surprisingly, the elements are so hard on the ancient structures that any effort preserve these treasures has to include removing them to a secure, controlled environment. Our friend told us that a few years ago the Acropolis was actually quite covered in soot so that the buildings appeared black. They are…
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Turning my world upside down! 