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Give me a dirty street vendor selling Greek food

GREECE | Monday, 3 November 2008 | Views [979] | Comments [6]

Gyros and souvlakias everywhere.
We took a last minute flight from Corfu to Athens Saturday night/Sunday morning.  Arrived in Athens around 1230 or 1ish, and the city was still wide awake.  We hurried to our hostel, got settled, and went to the nearest gyro shop. We have eaten them for every meal thus far, because it is cheap, and more delicious than words can describe.

Today was the Acropolis.  Pretty awesome seeing the modern city juxtaposed to the antiquity of ruins.  Today we were walking down a street of shops, at the end of it was an old Byzantine church.  In front of the church I listened to a man play the sax, and the music cut through the din of the mixed crowd of locals and tourists.  It was beautiful.

I got pics up, so enjoy the like 2% of my many thousand I was able to upload.


Cheers.  Ciao.  Adio.

 

Comments

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Mmmm, i love how your posts always talk about food, they always make me hungry! :)
Miss you!

  Maria Nov 4, 2008 9:41 AM

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I can't tell you how badly I want a gyro right now. I spent all day cooking dinner for tonight and now I have half a mind to just go out to dinner at Daphne's and get a gyro!! Thanks for that!

I hope you are well. Miss you...love the pictures!

  Gina Montecastro Nov 4, 2008 1:28 PM

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What kind of wine were you drinking?

  Chris McCann Nov 7, 2008 11:11 AM

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I just saw that I could have posted that wine comment on the pic in the Roma gallery. That should give a little context to my out-of-nowhere last post :) Well you're still brought up in prayer at the Wednesday prayer meetings. God bless.

  Chris McCann Nov 7, 2008 6:02 PM

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Hi!! Just looked at your pics!! You have some gorgeous shots! Looks like you are having a great time. Love the beach pictures in Greece. Oh, and what's with the mummy dude?? He needs more clothes. lol.

Ria's right. you make me want to eat. But then again, I always want to eat anyway! haha. :-)

Love ya!

  Trishy Nov 8, 2008 11:09 AM

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I was raise in corfu when i was young so the food there is good and i miss it from time to time. I dont know if you ever had it but i have to tell you. They have a sauce that they put on gyros and souvlakia, believe it or not its called salsa but its not the mexican kind. next time you there please try it will change you whole experiance

  Chris Aug 1, 2009 10:51 AM

 

 

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