While you are in Greece how could you miss the chance to go to Athens? So that's what we did. After our stay in Skiathos we travelled a little further south to the capital and spent a couple of nights there. We unfortunately only made it to see Arcopolis as far as major sights go, the weather the the second day didn't permit much sightseeing. Bad weather is bound to happen when you are gone as long as we are, so the rest of the sights will just have to wait until I get the chance to go back to Athens.
One thing that was a little disappointing about Skiathos was since we were the ones cooking the food we didn't get to try very much Greek food, I did my best to make up for this in Athens. Every time I would go into a restaurant I tell my waiter that I am a chef in the U.S. And ask if they had suggestions of food that before I leave Greece I must have, they always had suggestions for me which was awesome. Of course some of the classics were on my must try list like baklava, Gryros and saganaki. All of which lived up to all of my expectations and then some especially the baklava. When it comes to food and drinks in new places I have the same philosophy, try them all. So I would pretty much just let waiters choose what I ate and drank which is pretty cool. On the last night in Athens I asked the server if there was any Greek drink that I should try and he sent the man in front of the restaurant to his scooter. Her came back in with a water bottle full of a Greek liquor, before anyone says anything yes I know I shouldn't take things from strangers but he was drinking it with us so I figured it would be safe, and our hostel was next door just incase. Things like this happened p a lot while I was in Greece though. People kept thinking I was Greek (again for some totally unknown reason) but they liked me I guess because we got a lot of free food and drinks in the 2 days we were there.
One thing that you have to realize when you are in Greece is always look around you, if you don't you could miss something awesome. Every Time we would turn around we would see something ancient and ask each other was that there when we walked by before? Every corner has history on it and every place it a totally new experience. I wish we had more time there but there is only so much time we have for each place.
This is not my last post on Greece but it is for a month. We are going back in March to meet Andras Dad and Sister in Santorini so there will only be more amazing Greece stories to come!
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