Greece Day Three!

Today was awesome! We started out almost late to our cooking class and barely made it to the bus on time. We were on the bus for an hour in traffic, but luckily, the restaurant held the cooking class for us! Once we got in, we separated into five different groups. We all got little aprons to wear and we learned right away that the cooking class was more of a competition that anything else. We made like six dishes, and each dish was judged by the executive chef of the restaurant. James and I cooked first. We made this tomato bread dish with lots of feta and olive oil. That’s the thing about Greek food, EVERYthing is made with feta cheese and olive oil. It’s wonderful. We made two salads, some weird potato dish, a couscous dish, and some coffee. Lol. The executive chef came to our table at one point and talked to us about the states. I guess that he’s been to Oregon, and our team leader is from there. He said he really liked Oregon people. Now I don’t know if there’s a correlation, but we totally won! Lol. We got these great little pottery thingys, a cup and a little pot. Super cute. The best part was that we totally beat our Global Studies teacher too. He was team four, we were team five. Side note: James and I did really well on the test! I got a hundred and James got a ninety three! That’s way better than the average too, even after the wicked curve that went on. We studied pretty hard though, so it makes sense really.
Anyway, while we were cooking we got to eat some of our stuff, and surprisingly it was super good. ☺ Pretty cool.
Afterwards, we headed back to the ship and met up with our friends Garret and Lauren again. We had a little adventure and ended up (after some question asking, and some luck) at a sandy beach! Super exciting! The water wasn’t nearly as clean as other places, but the sand made up for it. It felt super nice to get in the cool water after being in the stupid Greek heat for so long. It’s wickedly hot here, and the water is definitely warmer too, but it still feels super good to get in. We didn’t stay terribly long, but James got to try out his new sandals, and I got to use my Semester at Sea towel. Good time all in all. We made a beeline back to the blue shuttle that took us back to the blue bridge that took us back to the metro. We headed back to Plaka. We ate at a little pita place and got a HUGE dinner for another twenty euro. I’m not joking, we though it’d be a little thingy. Enough for two people. These dishes were intense! Piled with meat and that yogurt Papouilles sauce stuff. There was chicken and port and lamb and pita bread. It was so delicious. Everything that we’ve eaten here so far has been absolutely scrumptious. Not quite as good as Italy, but good in other ways. I love the pita bread and that tanziki sauce. I really like the meats too, though you feel like you’re going to explode afterwards because you eat so much.
After we ate, we started out on our mission. Lauren and I were looking for Berkinstock sandals. We ended up stopping a couple times on the way. I got some linen pants and a nice white breathable t-shirt. Turkey is going to be super hot, but it’s also a Muslim country, and they look down on public drunkenness and women who show any part of their bodies pretty much. One of our executive deans on the ship said that he was scared for us because he was pretty sure that there would be at least a few guys who were drunk and walking home and they would get punched out or something. Who knows. I think it’s pretty interesting though. The only thing is, I only have really hot jeans and it’s going to be boiling there, so I needed some linen breathable stuff to wear. Mission accomplished though it was expensive. I’ll get some more there where it’s really cheap.
After the clothes I ended up getting a watch. It’s a Swatch Swiss brand. It’s white and cute. James has been telling me the whole time to get one, and I finally gave in. Within the next thirty minutes I was checkin the time ALL the time. Lol. I like it. After the watch, I got a little souvenir for the fam. More money spent. Then Lauren and I finally found a place that sold Berkinstocks and we got some! They were on sale, and we talked the guy own to fifty. Not so bad compared to the other prices that we saw. We’re pretty happy. Money money money though. I’m spending it like I have it.
We went back to the ship after all that. It was getting pretty late. We have a morning trip tomorrow, at 745, so we have to get some sleep so we’re worth some salt tomorrow. Delphi is where we’re going. Pretty exciting. Greece has been so great so far.