Another day hanging around Nea Makri. This trip we were trying to give ourselves time to recover from jet lag, but we probably overdid it by a day or two. We both woke up at normal time today, and headed into town.
We enjoyed a walk down to the waterfront and then explored the commercial area of Nea Makri. We found a nice coffee house and ordered a couple of Greek coffees. While we were sitting Ton remembered a coffee drink called Freddo that we saw lots of people drinking when we visited Athens. After an internet check on the origins of Freddo we bought one to sample. It is basically espresso, and a little sugar frothed and served cold. It is hugely popular in Greece, but has not caught on elsewhere in the world. We liked it quite well, but neither of us are fans of iced coffee so I don’t see a lot of Freddos in our future..
On the way back to the campground we picked up some fried calamari and anchovies at a fish market, which served as our lunch and dinner. The rest of the day was spent planning and chatting with our neighbors in the campground.
As you may know, we have Jim’s niece and her family visiting from Switzerland. Their daughter, Amy, has a strong personality and knows what she likes, at age 7. They were in a restaurant in Greece some time ago for breakfast. Amy had anchovies and dunked them in ketchup. I don’t know how you are planning to eat your anchovies but just offering this as an alternative to a ho-hum breakfast idea.
We were dunking some of the leftover anchovies we had in mustard salad dressing the other day, so we are not above ketchup. The anchovies here are really one of our favorite foods.