Why I've Been Gone

In July I went to Athens, Greece.
You can read about it here.
One of the things I LOVED about the Greeks is that they know how to eat and eat well. The food there was un.believably fresh and simple. Nothing was covered in sauce, or stuffed with something else.

I was there with Mum and we ate and ate and ate and still the locals at tables around us, ordered and ate more than us!!! Being out of my food-comfort-zone, I was a bit skeptical when we left home, but even at the airport lounge on our layover, the food they had on offer was way better than anything I'd experienced in an airport.

Perfect food for an airport layover - mini pitas, hummus, cukes, tomatoes and feta

The restaurants in Athens didn't disappoint either. The first three nights we stayed at a hotel in the City. I'd been madly Googling raw food/vegetarian restaurants before we left and the one that was on the top of my list just happened to be literally around the corner from the hotel!
It's called Avocado and was great. Lots of raw options which was also perfect for Mum because it was 39 degrees every day and too hot to eat much else.
We ate all three dinners here!!!

This was our favorite salad...baby spinach, avocado, sprouts and a yummy dressing

Gazpacho and a green juice

I was happy.

For the next six nights, I'd rented an apartment in an area called Glyfada. It's commonly known as the Beverly Hills of Athens. I see why. While the city was hot, dirty and very touristy, Glyfada was also hot (but not stifling), clean, the people were dressed impeccably and the stores were more upmarket - no 2Euro chachky stores!

I'd found a gorgeous apartment on Air b n b and while I had no idea of the area when I booked, we found ourselves two blocks from the main center of the town. There was a BLENDER so I could make my smoothies for breakfast. on our first outing, I scouted out the health food store, bought cacao nibs, goji berries, almond milk and cashews. We then found the supermarket, where they stocked organic produce and bought figs, yoghurt, cucumbers, bananas and some berries.

Not having to go out for every meal was a blessing. Mum had fruit and yoghurt for breakfast and I made a smoothie...which I took up to our private pool every morning! It was the best time to sit there because it wasn't so hot yet.

I told you the apartment was amazing

Over the next few days, Mum and I found 3 restaurants we loved and made them our staples for lunch and dinner.
Here are some of the wonderful meals we partook in...

We did a lot of sharing dishes

Fresh sardines and a sea vegetable called Almira

Tzadziki, cabbage salad, hummus, green salad and yummy pita