Eating the Kraken

Tuesday was another pretty quiet day. At the site, I continued scanning, but I also got to work on rehousing some of the artifacts. Although it may sound boring, I found it exciting to get to see and touch things that had been around for thousands of years, even if it was just to move them from box to box. Maybe that's just me being a nerd though. When our work day was over, there was a bit of excitement back at the hotel over a chicken who had quite literally flown the coop. Also, Anastasia gave me a pair of shoes that didn't fit her anymore, so now I have some shoes to remember her by, as well as the few extra pounds she's helped me put on in my time here. For dinner, we decided it was time to get a little adventurous and try some seafood. We went to a little fish taverna which was right on the sea. I'm talking RIGHT ON it. Our table was on the beach only a few feet from the water. We had so much delicious food: fried zucchinis, fried cheese cubes, greek salad, tzatziki and bread, and not to mention the sea critters...calamari, tiny fried fishes kind of like smelt, and grilled octopus. Despite looking a bit frightening, it was all incredibly tasty. 

Grilled octopus

Calamari (this one's a shoutout to the Schroeder family)

For dessert, our waiter brought us little dishes of greek yogurt and candied carrots. It was amazing, you could hardly even tell they were carrots because they were so sweet. We didn't even order it, the Greeks are just cool like that.

Greek yogurt and candied carrots for dessert