Silver and Wine

Welll today we went on probably the oddest field trip. First we drove to a winery about an hour away, where the extremely nice owner gave us a tour of the wine-making process. We saw some cool bottling machines, many gigantic vats of wine, and a cellar where the wine sits in barrels for one to two years, I think, and then bottles for 6 months more. The winery itself was also in a beautiful location, so the upstairs showroom had a fabulous view. We didn't get to sample any wine, most people were disappointing about, but oh well.









Then, we drove back toward town and went to a silver shop. It was literally the basement of a family's house, but they had a variety of silver trimming and shaping machines and many products from which we collectively bought a substantial number of items. We weren't there too long since it was tiny, but it was also interesting.



After, we headed into town for lunch. We ate at a restaurant by the lake, which was very pretty. First we had good bread, Greek salad and feta, and then we had a goofy looking entree: a small scoop of rice, some thick french fries, a lemon slice, and little meat roll, which were chicken wrapped in bacon. It was the BEST FOOD I have had in Greece! Everything was enjoyable, but the meat was absolutely phenomenal. I'm definitely going back again to eat it before we leave on Tuesday. And, since my group is full of weirdly picky eaters, a lot of people had some leftovers so I got more than my share :)

The rest of my day was spent doing research and writing my paper. I went on a run in the evening after I got bored and at the track there was a dad with his two little sons riding bikes around the track while he ran with them. I've seen lots of kids here before, and I though I would comment on how much I enjoy the fact that the University track is definitely a community space. I think most of the people who use it actually aren't students.

This is probably the last semi-interesting blog post for a few days... Bring on the studying!

Love Alex