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October 27, 2003

European Vacation Part 13: Steak Dinner.

Meals are so long and drawn out in southern Europe that after you get the check you only have a few minutes before you start thinking about where you will be eating your next meal. Not that we were complaining. After days of nothing but Greek food (lamb, fish, etc) we decided that we were in the mood for some serious steak action for dinner and raced back to the apartment to freshen up before heading into town.

Grant announced that he was going to take a shower before dinner and headed for the bathroom. As soon as we heard the water turn on, Chris and I grabbed the video camera, climbed out the bedroom window and went around the condo to the shower window. Hehehe.
best ˆ scaring grant ˆ video
chris a
Immediately after scaring him in the shower, we ran back inside, set up the camera and Chris hid behind the door to see if we could manage to scare him twice in ten minutes.
door ˆ scaring grant ˆ chris a
Scaring Grant Part Two
scaring grant ˆ video
After we all had showered, we headed into Rethymnon to find the steak restaurant we'd seen a few days earlier. While wandering around in search of it, we came across this really beautiful Greek Orthodox church and decided, after watching all the evening parishioners leave, to pop in and have a look.
church ˆ crete
Amazing right? Who would've ever thought a random church would be more interesting than a freaking labyrinth that contained an evil bull/man hybrid? Here's Fatty's pic of me taking. . .
church ˆ crete
. . .this picture.
church ˆ crete
chris a
We walked around town for awhile and eventually managed to find the steak joint. After we'd been seated, we noticed a heartbreakingly attractive German woman sitting at a nearby table and all of a sudden Grant wants to take a picture of Chris reading a menu.
strangers ˆ chris a
Then a picture of Chris and Fatty...
chris a, fatty, grant
And then a group shot. HA HA HA HA. Notice in the background you can see the chick's equally-attractive German boyfriend totally catching on to what we were up too. Das gig ist up, ja?
strangers ˆ chris a ˆ fatty ˆ grant
chris a, fatty, grant, me
With the leather-panted Gunther giving us the stinkeye from across the table we took a view pictures more pics without her in the background to try to throw him off our perv trail. By the way, ever notice how stuff like Coke, ketchup and McDonalds always taste not-so-great overseas? Well with beer, it works the other way around. The beer we are drinking is Amstel. (not Amstel light, regular Amstel) Maybe it was the crisp sea breeze or the abundance of badobnkadonk butts out there but it was hands down one of the best beers I've ever had.
beer ˆ cheers ˆ chris a ˆ fatty ˆ grant ˆ me
A few minutes later, the garlic bread we'd ordered showed up. That's not cheese you see on top, it's ALL garlic. Normally, none of us would dare eat anything like this before a night out on the town trying to meet ladies. But at this point in our trip, we were fully confident that we weren't going to meet any. So instead of worry about our awful BREAFFFF, we just decided to enjoy the food.
food ˆ garlic
fatty
We had been sitting down for over an hour by the time our steaks arrived. Here's Fatty with steak in a creamy sauce and chunky cut veggies.
food ˆ steak ˆ fatty
chris a
Same thing; Different sauce.
food ˆ steak ˆ chris a
grant
Ditto.
food ˆ steak ˆ grant
me
Me looking like Carson from Queer Eye, who I hear is also partial to huge slabs of meat.
food ˆ me
fatty
When Fatty has had a little too much too drink, he starts taking self portraits.
drunk ˆ fatty
fatty
The thing is, the drunker he get and the more pictures he takes. . .
close up ˆ drunk ˆ fatty
fatty
The less photogenic he becomes. This one is definitely not J. Date material.
drunk ˆ fatty
grant
If this little guy isn't the cutest, most adorable thing you have ever seen I don't know what is. Oh and look; he's holding a puppy.
puppy ˆ grant
chris a, fatty, grant, me
The camera never lies. That's why the picture is blurred. But turn down a complimentary digestif in Greece and you might get your ass handed to you along with the check. Looks like we have some shots to drink. Oh well, here's to minimal liver damage.
cheers ˆ raki ˆ shots ˆ chris a ˆ fatty ˆ grant ˆ me
fatty
My mouth. . .
raki ˆ shots ˆ fatty
me
tastes like. . .
raki ˆ shots ˆ me
grant
...burning!
raki ˆ shots ˆ grant
chris a
With bellies full of steak and heads full of raki, we decided to hit the town in search of some girls (to frighten them with our BREAFFFF).
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