Greek Olympics Celebration - 2004

Opa!

This year the Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, site of the first Olympics. We had a great dinner and celebrated Greece and Greek traditions.

We had some great Greek food -

We started out toasting with Ouzo (what Greek dinner would be complete without that?!).

Then we had a Greek salad, with lots of fresh tomatoes and olives. Then came lemon-egg soup, Souvlaki, pita bread, fiery feta cheese spread, cheese pies and rice pilaf. And finally, baklava!

After dinner, we all took our plates (specially purchased for the occasion) and threw them into our (temporary) "Greek" fireplace in the backyard! Opa!! We all had a great time with this dinner - and later Erik and I took the pieces of broken plate and made a mosaic to remind us of the festivities!