The Palace Thessaloniki

Arriving at breakfast Thursday morning, we discovered something astounding--there was no nutella. What kind of European hotel was this?? I honestly don't know how some members of the group made it through the trip, though I do know that Jenna had some reserves left over from the hotel at Delphi :)

(Side note: I'm writing this on Wednesday …

... more display and curatorial space.  Plus, visitors will be able to walk into the ancient city and the palace without risking their lives crossing the Edessa-Thessaloniki highway.  I suppose that, at that point, it will no longer be necessary to ...

... but through sheer luck and helpful hints from the president's guards (accidentally pulled up in the President's parking space outside the palace!) we made our way through unscathed. What is with the Mercedes' here?! For a country with a capital per head ...

... and the palace, since the current one is sitting on a place where they know there's stuff to dig up, and when it opens presumably the palace site will be opened too.  We asked a staff member at the current museum when that will be,  and he ...

... Palace.  The Rotunda I'd studied in Byzantine class, so that was neat to see.  The Arch was really impressive, and the Palace, I guess, was good to see and try to conceptualize, even though not a whole lot was there/preserved.   We were ...