If you went to Greece and you didn’t have souvlaki, were you even there? I think we all know that the answer to that question is no.
So yes, of course I had souvlaki. I’m not a crazy person.
Trigona Elenidi has been serving up trigona — a triangular Greek pastry filled with a custardy cream — since 1960. And while they also serve a handful of other desserts, trigona is clearly the main attraction. It’s right there in the name.
There are three important churches that you’re probably going to want to see when you’re in Thessaloniki. They are the Hagia Sophia, the Church of the Acheiropoietos, and the Church of Saint Demetrius.
I stumbled across Archontis while wandering around Thessaloniki one morning. They seemed to have a decent crowd going, so I figured I’d give them a shot.
There’s a Greek dessert called tsoureki — a sweet, bready pastry that’s typically served for Easter, though some places serve it year round. One of those places: Terkenlis, a Thessaloniki bakery that serves a beloved take on the dessert.
The Rotunda in Thessaloniki is a really striking building that’s hard to miss. It wasn’t even on my list of things to see — I just happened to walking around the city, and saw this:
Well, I think it’s about time to pack it in and go home. I mean, what’s the point of continuing this trip now? It’s peaked. The odds of me eating anything as mind-blowing as the gyro I just had from Gyros Aristotelous are pretty much zero.
Sure, you could eat a healthy breakfast. Or you could eat a slice of bougatsa, a pastry that finds a sweet, creamy filling wrapped in crispy phyllo dough. It’s served with an extra sprinkling of powdered sugar and cinnamon on top. It’s basically dessert for breakfast, and it’s great.
McDonald’s in Greece might have one of the most boring menus of any McDonald’s in the world — it’s pretty much exclusively the usual suspects. Oddly enough, they don’t even have the Greek Mac that I tried in Cyprus.
Yep, more ruins in Paphos. If you’re not interested in spending time at the beach, the ruins are really the only thing to do/see in Paphos.