A Sea-Side Meal Near Athens
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| Very fresh fish. |
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We had Greek salads a number of times, and were impressed by the freshness of the vegetables.
Unlike the American-Greek restaurant version, they usually did not have any lettuce. |
Winery Lunch Near the Port
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On the way from Athens to the ship, we had lunch at a winery.
We were greeted with a glass of wine and some appetizers. |
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| Buffet lunch. |
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We enjoyed the company of the group of people we had been traveling with,
and we continued be friends throughout the voyage. |
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| We heard an interesting lecture while walking through the winery. |
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| The vines surrounding the winery, which also obtains some grapes from other sources. |
Restaurants in Turkey
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| Vegetables and salad at our outdoor meal in Turkey. |
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We had only a drink while walking around here, but I liked the look of this waterfront restaurant
and its cool mural of food and wine. |
A Few of the Meals on the Orion
Breakfasts
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| Breakfast buffet. A special dish such as pancakes or French toast was available at another counter. |
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| Flaky pastries were tiny and delicious. |
A Cooking Lesson in Athens
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After our visit to the Acropolis, we headed for a pleasant restaurant in a park, where the chef
gave us a cooking lesson. Unfortunately, it wasn’t very informative, as all the interesting parts of the
preparation were already done. For example, the stuffing for the vegetables was pre-made.
We did get to know our fellow travelers while we were cooking, though. |
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8 comments:
Wow a lot of great food. I'd gain a lot on that trip!
The food looks delicious, I would be happy with the fresh fish and salads. Take care, have a great day and happy week ahead.
How fun to go to a cooking lesson. And when I visited Greece last year, we ate a lot of Greek salads, and now when we go out to lunch and someone orders a Greek salad here in the US, we always bring up the lettuce, or no lettuce in Greece. But they were very tasty and now the lettuce seems almost unnecessary. hugs-Erika
I've never been on a cruise, but seeing all this wonderful food makes a cruise much more tempting.
It all looks so colorful, and so attractively arranged. I can just imagine how tasty it must have been!
I have never had a Greek salad with lettuce. The one we make at home has tomato, cucumber, red onion, black olives and feta cheese with a lemony dressing. The Greek restaurants here do not use lettuce, either. There should be law against men wearing baseball caps at the table. It's slovenly and ill-mannered.
Your food on ship and off looks great and really beautifully presented. Love the Greek salad -- one of my favorites. I would have loved the cooking class and wine tour.
Ohh the food, all of the food looks amazing. When I went to Japan we had a cooking class too, it is so much fun to experience how to make the food from another country.
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