Greek Cuisine

Out to lunch in Vergina after exploring Phillip II tomb:

During orientation we learned how the "Greek dance" and later that night went out to dinner as a group to implement what we learned:

Peter Pan: This is Joe's favorite place. She knows many people here and has taken us a couple of times before we have gone out. Each time we have gotten a couple of appetizers to share.

tigania kotopoulo

horiatiko loukaniko

bougiournti - baked feta

Unique snacks:

The first time I went Jo's mom was when Jo took a couple of us over to her house and she made a Sunday brunch for us.  It reminded me of the Sunday dinner's we used to have at my grandparents house.  Such a homey feel, lots of food served family style and the sweetest mother.  I wasn't feeling well that day but didn't say anything, before we were about to leave Jo's mom said something in Greek, felt my forehead and then insisted I take some airborne.  Missing my family and mom it was so comforting to have a mother figure taking care of me. Although I speak hardly any Greek, and she speaks only a little English we were able to communicate with the few words we knew and facial expressions of warmth and love. A couple of days later Jo's mom came to our apartment building with more home made food! She made a traditional Greek dish called Pastitsio, it was out of this world!!

Pastitsio

Brunch on a lazy Sunday afternoon: Only a couple of blocks away is this local restaurant.  We arrived at around 2, the same time everyone was getting out of church and headed for a meal as well.  Again, we decided to get many dishes and share them all. And of course, it came with free dessert.

El Burrito: We have been trying to find a good Mexican restaurant and recommended by Jo we found just that! It is  down in the center of the city so we had to take the bus to get there but it was well worth it!! The atmosphere combined with the food might put it above and Mexican restaurant in the states.

This restaurant is only a 2 minute walk from our apartment building.  I have been wanting to go since the first day I walked past it.  I thought it was the cutest little place that looked so welcoming with decorative muti-colored lights outside and brightly colored wooden chairs and tables.  Jo finally set up a reservation for us all one night.  We paid 10 euro and got 4 appetizers, a main meal and obviously dessert.  The bougiournti (baked feta) here has been my favorite thus far. 

Famigliano: While Anna was running her half marathon Vanessa, Lauren and I got dinner. We ordered the Mac & Cheese with Cabanossi and "Karamanlidiko" sausage (Miran).

Treehouse:

Wine touring:

Dinner with Anna's parents!