It’s all Greek to me

I’ve heard the saying “It’s all Greek to me” countless times, but it wasn’t until I arrived in Athens that I could truly relate. After getting off the plane, I saw a couple of signs in the airport and had absolutely no clue what any of them meant. Though I recognized most of the letters from a Greek mythology course that I took in college, it didn’t help one bit.

Καλώς ήλθατε στην Ελλάδα.

(“Welcome to Greece”, at least according to Google Translator…)

I’m staying about an hour outside Athens in a beachside town called Anavyssos through Friday for work and then will be heading to Athens for some sightseeing over the weekend. As can be seen from the photos, the location is pretty impressive. Apparently the town is a summer vacation spot for Athenians and is more or less vacant in the off season.










During the check-in process, the concierge came by with the following drink as a welcome gift. I trust that they either confused me with someone else who is actually important or they simply give these drinks to all of their guests. I’m usually not one for sweet drinks, but it was actually pretty refreshing and reminded me of the fruit drinks that were served in Indonesia during my visit in December.









For dinner I went out with a colleague to a local fish taverna that was walking distance from the hotel. We had difficulty deciding what to order, so the waiter decided to make things simple and brought out a large platter with the various fish that he recommended. I’m not overly knowledgeable with respect to fish, but I could tell that they were fresh as the only thing you could smell on them was the ocean.

I can’t recall the name of the fish that I ordered for the main course (I’ve included a camera phone pic for anyone who would like to hazard a guess) – my only criterion was that it wasn’t overly “fishy” (if that makes sense). As many of you know, fish isn’t typically (err…ever) my first choice when ordering for dinner, but I have to say that everything we ordered tasted incredible.