Thessaloniki, Greece Travel Blogs

ageless Alexander the Macedonian
Jul 21, 2008 (29 photos)

... fact that he e.g. likes the smell of coffee (once we were walking nearby a café and M. said: "mmm, smells nice"). Interesting. Thessaloniki has quite a lot of nice secession buildings, but they look like nobody takes care of them. Also, there are some ...

No Souvlaki
Aug 16, 2005

We were supposed to arrive yesterday (15 Aug) afternoon at 17.00 giving me time to enjoy some greek quisine. Arrived at 4am Greek time (3am Albanian time) to find the train station closed. Bugger. They opened at 5am so we sat down outside on the ...

Thessaloniki and Greece
Oct 9, 2008

Our host at our last place was nice enough to drive us to Thessaloniki about an hour up the road.  Thessaloniki is the second largest city in Greece and is home to close to 1,000,000 inhabitants.  It is also home to what seems like just as many museums, ...

Night Train to Istanbul
May 29, 2008

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Thessaloniki
Jan 27, 2005

After hanging out around Olympus on Thursday, we set out for Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city behind Athens. We did a drive-through, got stuck in rush-hour traffic, and decided to abort Thessaloniki to stay closer to Friday's destination: ...

Thessaloniki Again
Jun 27, 2008 (9 photos)

A slow morning in Thessaloniki.  As it turned out, too slow.  We slept in, did laundry, grabbed a late breakfast, walked slowly to the Archaeological Museum, sat in the cafe for a while and cooled off (which was complicated by the fact that the ...

I have arrived!!
Sep 16, 2008 (19 photos)

Hello! I have arrived here in Thessaloniki, Greece! My flight from Frankfurt, Germany landed at about 17:45, yes I am going to use military time cause I need to get used to it. Side note, the time is 7 hours ahead here. It was rainy when Dave (my ...

Thessaloniki
Jun 12, 2007 (3 photos)

We were driven to Thessaloniki by our new friends in the village. It seems to be a very busy city with plenty to see, but we only had a few hours as we were flying back to Athens early the next morning.

Clearly you are an American...
Sep 22, 2008

So this weekend we decided that we needed to catch up on sleep and be sure that we were completely over being jet-lagged.  As it turns out, we haven't quite adjusted totally to the time difference.  On Saturday, my roommate and i didn't wake up until about ...

The adventure continues!
Sep 18, 2008 (6 photos)

... took us back into town for some neighborhood walking tours.  We walked around for quite some time, all the way through siesta.  Yes, Greece has a siesta time from about 2:30 - 5:30 where things close.  When we got home we decided we would take our own ...

Good ol' greek reality check
Oct 15, 2008 (9 photos)

... , or it will be rather lonely, especially since I can't even chat with the random salesperson or passerby. Thessaloniki, the second city in Greece, is extremely busy. The city centre is crowded with buildings and people, and looks slightly worn down. ...

Learning and Exploring
Sep 17, 2008 (7 photos)

As the days here in Thess continue it just keeps getting better and better. Yesterday my roomate and I, along with Dave and his roomate went exploring in the city, as you will notice by all the pictures from yesterday! It is really such a cool city. ...

From Thessaloniki, But About Leaving Turkey
Jul 19, 2009 (6 photos)

This posting is being finally edited and sent from Rijeka, Croatia, August 12, 2009 as I try to backfill the story of moving along. So, back to the taking leave of Turkey. Unfortunately, not enough time for reflection yet. Or, rather, the reflection is on ...

Family Visit!!
Nov 6, 2008 (11 photos)

... 40's as well as current Greek soldiers.  It was really cool to watch.  After the parade we started making our way back to Thessaloniki.  We stopped in Lichtohoro, the base of Olympus, for some dinner and i got to see the mountain one more time.  It is still ...

The first of our adventures in Greece
Nov 6, 2009 (15 photos)

... language written everywhere and a few ancient ruins in random places in the city, I really wouldn't have known I was in Greece. Thessaloniki is a really big city, with tons and tons of clothing stores and cafes everywhere. There are also mass amounts of ...

Even shorter stopover in Greece
Sep 20, 2009 (1 photos)

Hallo zusammen und viele Gruesse aus Thessaloniki in Griechenland. Billigflieger fliegen selten in die ehemaligen Ostblockstaaten, daher sind meine zwei Fluege hier nach Thessaloniki in Griechenland und zurueck von Dubrovnik in Kroatien (an der Adriakueste ...

a taste of Eastern European railways
Nov 11, 2007

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Enjoying the City
Oct 11, 2008 (11 photos)

HI everyone!  Wow it has been quite some time since I have updated you on my life!  The last 2 weeks have been pretty laid back.  I have just been enjoying my life here in the city.  I have definitely gotten a lot more settled in and am feeling really ...

Thessaloniki
Oct 30, 2005 (2 photos)

... know them. For lunch they dropped us off, and a group of us found a Pizza Hut to eat at. I think we've been in Greece long enough that we no longer feel the need to seek out Greek food to eat; we just look for something that sounds good. Way back when, ...

Grèce
Jul 28, 2007

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Double Night Trains and Chocolate
Nov 17, 2007 (2 photos)

... in Greek. Enunciating the word for viscous, "pahirefsti" (which I cannot write in Greek cause the first thre eletters were pi, alpha, chi...)  I had one appropriately done cup in Thessaloniki's harborfront Havana Cafe. Quite dissapointed.

Salonika
May 21, 2007

Almost there, now to find a taxi for the trip ot the village.

Surprising Thessaliniki
May 23, 2008 (4 photos)

... (this one for the second time) by Andrew Mango, Ataturk. It's the better of the two. The bus trip from Istanbul to Thessaloniki, Greece is scheduled at 11 hours. But it can be less, it seems, if there are no customers for some of the locales along the ...

Thessaloniki Pt 3
Feb 2, 2009 (1 photos)

Back in Thessaloniki again, my plan was to stay there for1 night before heading to Xanthi, though my plans changed upon meeting my CS host who I found to be a very amiable character. I stayed with him in the University dorms, which although quite cool was ...

Thessolaniki
Jan 18, 2009 (3 photos)

... and met their friends. Walked around a lot, saw some ruins, ate some decent Gyros, not much else to report. Apart from the weather being great, it was -12 when I left Sofia and 10 when arriving in Thessaloniki, so around 20 degrees difference. Great!

On to Thessaloniki
Apr 16, 2007

... Thessaloniki at 2pm and try and catch the train to Athens to find out yet again that no they have no seats.. another night in Thessaloniki.. ummm hell no.. we catch a taxi to ferry terminal and decide whatever the next ferry is we are on it.. only to be ...

Thessaloniki
May 3, 2008

We ended up spending six days in Thessaloniki due to the fantastic hospitality of Ruth (a friend of mine from school)  and her boyfriend Thomas.  Our days were largely spent wandering around the town, plotting our next destinations ...

insider knowledge. whoop.
Jun 15, 2009

... morning chilling out on the beach before heading into town to meet Dave's friend Nassia. Had a lovely time learning about Thessaloniki with our personal tour guide and then headed back down to Chalkidiki to find a secret beach Nassia had recommended. The ...

Our anniversary in Greece!
Mar 30, 2006 (1 photos)

See entry for Kalambaka.

Thessaloniki, the second worst hostel ever!
May 25, 2005

... us in the city at 11:00pm. This is not the best time to try and find accommodations. Apparently there is only one hostel in Thessaloniki and its not much to write about. It only has 2 rooms, one for boys and one for girls and the owner is only there ...