Traveling to Greece

[Jona Lendering]

I'm allergic to most greek food

Greek food is different from cuisines based on French cooking (i.e., almost all western dishes), because (a) Greeks prefer to have their meat without elaborate sauces and (b) Greek cooking is rather uncomplicated.

Both points are essentially the same. Because Greek cooking is straightforward -you just take good stuff, like fresh vegatables and good meat- there is no need for sauces to disguise the shortcomings of the ingredients that are common in Western Europe and the USA. Greece is, when all is said and done, not only interesting because of its ancient and Byzantine culture, but first and foremost a gourmet's paradise.

Other delights from Greece: very good museums (I fell in love with the Byzantine Museum in Thessaloniki and the Christian and Byzantine Museum in Athens); fairly priced, clean hotels; nice beaches; and a climate of rapid economic and social change, which often has nice results.

There are, of course, snakes in paradise. I am sure that Cerberus in person is the teacher of the museum guards, which are often rude and impolite. But this is just a detail. I am sure you will like your visit.