Bif-teki-me-home

The great thing about the end of a vacation here (which Crete certainly felt like) is that I get to come back to Athens. It was good to see that the Acropolis was still standing, Grill and Pita still turning out mouthwatering gyro...Speaking of which, today was my first cooking class. It was with a handful of other students, taught by the woman who makes our lunch every day, and was an absolute (scrumptious) blast. We made bifteki (cross between hamburger and meatball, really) with lemony roasted potatoes, tzatziki and salad. It felt good to be cooking--abbreviated cooking though it was, with most of the process already done for us--and was great because not only did we learn how to make a classical Greek dish, we got to eat it together and then have the recipe so we can make it again.

 Good to have another option, in case I get tired of our fresh bread from the bakery + tzatziki + Greek salad go-to dinner.

(But I mean really, how good does that look!)