living like a local + apt tour

Does it look late in this picture? Playground at 10pm? Living like a local, I say. We went to a team dinner last night and hit the swings on our way to the car after supper, just after 10:00. Hendrik and Alana weren't the only kids there, and the big square was busy with people. Life happens later here - lunch is later (2:00), and many restaurants don't start serving evening-meal food until after 8:00. I don't have a picture of my other living like a local moment, which involved a double scooter ride, in flip-flops, up to a cafe overlooking the city. A friend that I met playing basketball when we were last here (2005-2006) came and picked me up, and it was great to see her and catch up and get some time to myself. We saw a team manager this afternoon on our way home from a late lunch (after a sunny morning at the park) - he had his younger daughter (five or six?) in front of him - on the scooter - and his older one sitting behind him (teenager); it was a fully loaded little vehicle. I think I'll have to save my comments on the driving here for another post; Steve and I call it video game driving, as there's always something coming at you (pedestrian, scooter) or around you (scooter, car), and with the double-parking, narrow streets and drivers on cell phones, life behind the wheel is never dull.

Steve leaves for Thessaloniki tomorrow for Sunday's match-up against PAOK, and it's a must-win game. If only he could stop on his way back and bring me some trigonos..... man oh man, these little phyllo-wrapped, cream-stuffed treats are delish! They're a specialty of the area, so there are none to be had here - or, perhaps, there are, but when it comes to such specialties, the real deal is the only way to go. I still haven't gone hog-wild (harhar) at a bakery, but I'm on the lookout for a good one. Bougatsa and spanakopita are on my must-eat list, and I'm in search of something good. Why is the food better here? It is the novelty of it? Maybe... but maybe not. Anyways, I'm getting hungry... time to find a bakery! But first, our apartment, plus a few other videos I finally found time to upload: