Souvlaki

Today was mainly what I like to call more of a "blah" day. As in nothing really substantial happened, instead we got to enjoy more of the mundane daily activities here in Athens! 

The most exciting thing that happened today was instead of having to go to class from 2:30 till 4:30 like we have to do every weekday, we got to take a field trip down to Kerameikos. I must admit the trip was a fun, it beats sitting in class for two hours any day, but it was unusually hot out today. There was one thing that keep a couple of us entertained while we were touring around the site, there were tortoises everywhere! Sometimes you'd hear random munching sounds that seemed to come out of nowhere, but then out popped a cute little turtle! I even got a picture of one, he was a little camera shy though, and hid behind the grass a bit.

Once we recovered from the heat and all of the historical information that we had to take in, we did what stereotypical girls do best... we went SHOPPING! Thing is, I'm the kind of girl that likes to go out, find what I need as quickly as possible, and leave. So it was definitely a new experience going shopping where the owners are quite friendly and if they speak English, like to strike up a conversation that can sometimes run for at least ten minutes (not to mention I have talkative friends too!).

Those of you that know me won't be surprised when I tell you that the only think that I purchased today was lunch, and ice cream (this time baklava flavor!).

Since I somewhat discussed the topic of omnom yesterday, I might as well continue on with it a bit more today! Unless, you don't want me too...? Eh, who wouldn't want to read about food? Especially Greek food! 

Today I ordered pork souvlaki (pork is the Greek equivalent to chicken in America) which as you can see consists of pita bread, pork on a stick, tomatoes, onions, and a side of tzatziki sauce ( I told you this stuff is everywhere!). What you do is take all of these delicious ingredients and wrap it up and the pita and devour it! 

It's quite good actually, but something I've noticed while here in Greece, is that the restaurants here all pretty much offer the same kind of food, well at least all the ones I've been to so far. This even became a topic that come up while enjoying our lunch. We realized that in America there is always a variety of food available, unlike here. We came to the conclusion that this may be because America is more of a melting pot and whereas Greece isn't really. Also it may be because the majority of places that we've been going to are touristy ish places so they will be more likely to provide what the people want, Greek food. Other than that, I've been seriously craving a burger lately, so I'm on the hunt, I'll keep you posted on how it goes!