Time For Lunch (Page Two)
Did You Know? - Greek cuisine is a Mediterranean cuisine. Contemporary Greek cookery makes wide use of olive oil, lemon juice, vegetables, and herbs, grains and bread, wine, fish, and various meats, including lamb, poultry, rabbit and pork. Also important are olives, cheese, eggplant (aubergine), zucchini (courgette), and yogurt. Greek desserts are characterized by the dominant use of nuts and honey.
Lookout Long Beach... Here we come!
Watch us run between the cars!"
The sky was so blue!
Here comes da train!
We can walk all over "Downtown" Long Beach from the taxi!
Clicketey-Clack!
We have arrived and how do we know??
Nancy gets a "George Hug"
Saganaki here I come ... Can you see the flames?
Did You Know? - In Greek cuisine, saganaki (Greek σαγανάκι) is any one of a variety of dishes prepared in a small frying pan, the best-known being an appetizer of fried cheese.
The dishes are named for the frying pan in which they are prepared, called a saganaki, which is a diminutive of sagani, a frying pan with two handles, which comes from the Turkish word sahan 'copper dish', itself borrowed from Arabic صحن (ṣaḥn).
In many United States and Canadian restaurants, after being fried, the saganaki cheese is flambéed at the table (sometimes with a shout of "opa!"), and the flames then extinguished with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice.
This is called "flaming saganaki" and apparently originated in 1968 at The Parthenon restaurant in Chicago's Greektown, based on the suggestion of a customer to owner Chris Liakouras.
He almost caught himself on fire... A squeeze or two of fresh lemon and volia!
Done! Ready to eat!
It disappeared instantly
Nice looking salad!
Large hunk of salmon
Did You Know? -
Chile and Norway are the two largest salmon farming countries in the world. Verlasso salmon comes from Chile, where the clear, pristine waters of Patagonia are perfect for raising healthy salmon.
The distinctive pinkish red color of salmon comes from astaxanthin, which is a beta carotene the fish get from their diets. Flamingos also get their color from this anti-oxidant. And it can be found in tomatoes, peppers and carrots as well.
Craig is "The Hungary Man"
"Opa"... Nancy, Sue, and Paul killed off a bottle of GREEK chardonnay!
This un-oaked Chardonnay has a nicely balanced floral, citrus and pineapple bouquet, with lemon-lime flavors and good acidity.
We were being watched
Time to rest before dessert... Dessert?
Nancy seems to have enjoyed the meal!
Relaxing in the shade
Tummy full!
We had a visitor! Bark the Wonder Dog ---
No Marianne, you can not take him home
Did You Know? - A bark is a sound most commonly produced by dogs. Other animals that make this noise include wolves, pinnipeds, foxes and quolls. Woof is the most common representation in the English language for this sound, especially for large dogs. Other transliterations include the onomatopoeic ruff, arf, au au, bow-wow, and, for small dogs, yip. "Bark" is also a verb that describes the sharp explosive cry of certain animals.
Closing in on 2:00 and it was getting quiet
I guess this means its time for a walk
Smile!
You are on candid camera
Thank you for the photograph
We need a drink before getting on the boat back! Hello Gladstones
Love the hat!
Walk To The Boat And Returning Home
On our way to the boat
Must stop and smile... It scares away the bad people!
Sue and Paul trying to keep up with the kids!
Our ship awaits
Hang on... We are about to blast off
We now have our bearings
There appears to be a carnival underway
See you Saturday for the Annual Queen Mary Art Deco Ball
Laughing and giggling is fully underway!
Are you sure??
They like to see where they have been...
Keep your periscope down!
Stiff upper lip!
A magnificent machine!
The Queen is always prettier than the modern marvel
Nice ship but we will take the Queen
Sleeping beauty
Take that back... Sleeping Ugly
Our destination appears
We drive right up to the shore
Ah ha... We recognize that building... It is where they make alcohol
Bye bye guys!
Sue and Paul wonder down to Malarkeys to visit the bar tender
The taxi gets ready to depart
See you on the next trip!
A couple of hours
later
and we are dancing
It was 50's night...
