We are coming near the end of the trip we have a little over a week left. This trip so far has been such a great experience, and there have been so many friendships made. Greece has been a very welcoming place the locals are all very kind and helpful. Today we started out our day with a Guest Lecture on Greek History, after that we had some free time. With our free time a group of us decided to go to the White Tower and take a tour of it. The White Tower had six levels to it and as you went through each level you got to learn more and more about how Greece’s boardwalk was formed, and what happened during the fire that took out a lot of the city of Thessaloniki. So we kept climbing the tower and learning all of this new information on the Greek history, then we got to the top and at the top of the White Tower there was the most amazing view. We could see so much of the city just from this one spot.
After the White Tower tour we went to find lunch, we ate lunch in an outdoor restaurant. It was very nice, our waitress did not speak much English and the menu was for the most part in Greek so interacting with her and learning new ways to ask questions was fun. We pointed to pictures to ask questions and when she spoke to us she used the little bit of English she knew, she spoke with her hands and she also pointed to pictures. It was neat to interact with her even though we did not speak the same language.
After lunch every one relaxed until our cooking class. Antonis Theodorakis who is a chef here in Greece taught a cooking class, we made two different dishes. The first dish was called Tzatziki Sauce; it is like a cucumber and yogurt sauce. Some of the restaurants that I have tried while in Greece serve it with fried zucchini or French fries. Then we made Dolmadakia Yalantzi with herbs. It is vine leaves stuffed with rice, dill, and spearmint leaves, then you bake it in the pan with onions and fresh lemon juice. Learning to cook these dishes was a lot of fun because that is something we can take home with us and share with our family and friends. The trip so far has been amazing and taught me so many new things and I hope there is only more new and exciting things to come as we finish the trip.
Adio(goodbye),
Taylor Rhymer
At the top of the White Tower
Chef Antonis Theodorakis and I
Dolmadakia Yalantzi in the pan and ready to be cooked.
Learning how to make the Tzatziki Sauce.
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