FETA OLA!

Ok... I made it! It's been just over a week since I've arrived and I'm quit sure that I've eaten my weight in feta. No joke.

I arrived last Wednesday in Athens where we stayed with Bill's cousins John, Iro and Dimitris. In the first 48 hours we visited the Acropolis twice, went to the beach twice, went to a "football" game at the new Olympic stadium, and visited the Plaka in Athens. We got really lucky because we visited the Acropolis the one day of the year that it's open at night. They turn off all of the lights so that it was lit only by a gi-normous full moon. It was very impressive to see it at night to say the least... I'll share the pictures later but they don't do it justice!

On Saturday we went to another beach and then drove out to Sounio. Sounio is where the remains of the Temple of Poseidon are and it is also famous for its beautiful sunsets. John timed it perfectly so we were able to catch a spectacular sunset... again pictures to come when we get our computer set up.

Sunday we headed up to Thessaloniki. It should have been a six hour drive but we got many text messages from cousin John telling us where to eat and what sites to see. On his recommendation we stopped for lunch in Karavomilos for grilled psari (whole fish) and wine of course. Karavomilos is a small fishing village that we couldn't even find on the map. Luckily we found it thanks to Bill's Greek (which constantly frustrates him but it hasn't failed us yet). We finally arrived in Thessaloniki eight hours later to meet Bill's cousin Runia and her two children George (11) and Eugenia (9). We went to dinner down by the paralia (boardwalk) where we had more feta. Anyway you want it, grilled, smoked, fried, crumbled, wrapped with phyllo... you get the picture!

Obviously everything's been great so far... but we don't have our computer set up yet so we haven't been able to post a lot. When that's done we'll be able to add pics too! Until then.. Antio sas.

-Amanda