Luckily most hotels we chose for this trip offered a free continental breakfast. We both figured it might be something similar to an American hotel offering since that's what the hotel website seemed to describe. We were both pleasantly surprised when we finally dragged ourselves out of bed and wandered downstairs to the dining room.
Along with the standard oatmeal, cereals, eggs, bacon, and pastries was a bounty of Greek treats. Greek salad, dolmades, and Greek yogurt with fruit, honey, and nuts. They even had a simple olive oil poached hot dog dish that we both loved.
Each of our first plates was similar. We loaded up on the sliced hot dogs, dolmades, and Greek salad. M got a multigrain roll as well. Other plates were all slight variations on this plate with varying levels of hot dogs, dolmades, and salad.
I love Greek yogurt with honey. Coming to Greece M and I were sure of exactly 1 thing. I would eat as much yogurt and honey as I physically could. This was only the beginning of my yogurt and honey gluttony.
M doesn't like Greek yogurt as much as I do, and she doesn't like honey like I do either. This was her first bowl of yogurt on the trip. She loves piling on chopped fruit.
The last thing we ate was this walnut cake. At first we thought it was chocolate cake, but when we bit into it we knew for a fact that it was not. That's not to say it was bad, but it was definitely a different flavor than what we expected. It was very moist and delicious, though, and I liked it more than M. Added to this meal was a lot of fresh squeezed orange juice for both of us and lots of coffee for me.
Overall, we were very pleased with our first meal in Greece, and we were ready to push through the day and wander around Athens.
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