I have been here in Greece for a little under a month now and I have failed to mention my favorite part of this beautiful country... THE FOOD!!!!! Oh my, oh my, oh God!!!! Everywhere you turn there is something to eat. The markets of Athens were seemingly unchanged for the last 3000
years. The meat market, or rather, city block of goats, pigs, chickens and sides of beef hanging in free air, a river of blood beneath your shoes, men screaming, "Marry me Marry me!!! Beautiful girl!!!", pinching my cheek, fingers slick with animal fat and blood, would make the USDA have a fucking stroke! All you have to do is point at what kind and show with you hands how much and with terrifying speed and grace , CHOP,
SLAM, BAG, DONE, lamb chops and rosem
ary for dinner. Just out side the scent of fresh baked bread, citrus fruit and the sea combine inside your soul to the point of pure extacy. The cheese market oh, the Cheese, let me say it again, CCCHHEEESSSEEE, oh the chesse!!! Everyday, without the least bit of shame, I watch my feta belly grow. I never dreamed that there so many different kinds of feta: goat, cow, sheep, cr
eamy, brittle, sour, sweet, the list could go on for days and that is just the feta!! Last night I had a four year old piece of Mizithra from the city of Delphi: salty, dry, crumbling goodness. I was also lucky enough to taste olives from the same region, harvested from a 400 year-old tree; vibrate purple busting with the aroma and flavor of the earth, filling your mouth the purest oil this land has to offer. Each and everytime I eat; eggs, bread, cured meats, cheese, I shout out, unable to stop myself, "I LOVE THIS COUN
RTY!". Every bite of food I taste with my eyes, lips, taste buds, but most of all, my soul. With every meal I can taste th
e earth, the richness of the soil that fe
eds all that I eat. At almost every meal with friends I say, "You will make me fat!" only to hear in return," Good, it
gives you life!"; I don't think I could ask for a better answer. I would rather have a belly bulging with freshest feta and richest olive o
il than live all my days skinny and lacking life!!! To all of my foodies out there, and you know who you are, be jealous, be sooo jealous!!!!
I have been here in Greece for a little under a month now and I have failed to mention my favorite part of this beautiful country... THE FOOD!!!!! Oh my, oh my, oh God!!!! Everywhere you turn there is something to eat. The markets of Athens were seemingly unchanged for the last 3000
years. The meat market, or rather, city block of goats, pigs, chickens and sides of beef hanging in free air, a river of blood beneath your shoes, men screaming, "Marry me Marry me!!! Beautiful girl!!!", pinching my cheek, fingers slick with animal fat and blood, would make the USDA have a fucking stroke! All you have to do is point at what kind and show with you hands how much and with terrifying speed and grace , CHOP, 
SLAM, BAG, DONE, lamb chops and rosem
ary for dinner. Just out side the scent of fresh baked bread, citrus fruit and the sea combine inside your soul to the point of pure extacy. The cheese market oh, the Cheese, let me say it again, CCCHHEEESSSEEE, oh the chesse!!! Everyday, without the least bit of shame, I watch my feta belly grow. I never dreamed that there so many different kinds of feta: goat, cow, sheep, cr
eamy, brittle, sour, sweet, the list could go on for days and that is just the feta!! Last night I had a four year old piece of Mizithra from the city of Delphi: salty, dry, crumbling goodness. I was also lucky enough to taste olives from the same region, harvested from a 400 year-old tree; vibrate purple busting with the aroma and flavor of the earth, filling your mouth the purest oil this land has to offer. Each and everytime I eat; eggs, bread, cured meats, cheese, I shout out, unable to stop myself, "I LOVE THIS COUN
RTY!". Every bite of food I taste with my eyes, lips, taste buds, but most of all, my soul. With every meal I can taste th
e earth, the richness of the soil that fe
eds all that I eat. At almost every meal with friends I say, "You will make me fat!" only to hear in return," Good, it 
gives you life!"; I don't think I could ask for a better answer. I would rather have a belly bulging with freshest feta and richest olive o
il than live all my days skinny and lacking life!!! To all of my foodies out there, and you know who you are, be jealous, be sooo jealous!!!!
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