Capsis Thessaloniki

... Everywhere we went it seemed there were crazy day-after-Thanksgiving female shoppers. I can&#8217;t count how many women I saw that looked like they were in the midst of their mid-life crises, trying to dress young and shop in skanky stores. It was a little scary.<br><br>Aside from that part of Thessaloniki, it did have some Greek-like things for us to do: a few ancient ruins to gaze at, an old church-turned-mosque to wander through ...

... br>Upon exciting Macedonia - the border guard came into my compartment took my passport and stamped (yaay!!) no questions asked and moved on...<br>About 10-15 mins later we arrived at the Greek border - the guard came on and took my passport and told me he'd give it back in 10mins (he had a stack and was clearly taking everyones). I asked if there was somewhere I could get food - and low and behold there was a cafe at the check-point!! (this made me ...

... br><br>Bin um kurz nach 20:00 gelandet, und um 23:50 dann mit dem Nachtzug weiter nach Sofia. 18,50Euro fuer die Strecke, habe aber noch fuer 10 Euro auf den Schlafwagen upgegraded, da der eine Waggon ziemlich voll war (und ich ausserdem doch recht muede war).<br><br>Gruss<br>Ralf<br>

... galleries. Here we went to an art gallery whos exhibits which ranged from several hundred beer cans arranged in a spiral to a musical video about communism. Top fun!<br><br>We also went in to a photography gallery and a museum of cinema which was quite cool. A pretty awesome 3D film at the end as well!<br><br>This passed most of the time we needed to kill and we filled the rest with wondering the streets looking around.<br>

... that happened was that our towels blew off the window ledge in the morning and we had to get a cleaner to lend us her biggest broom so I could hang out the window and knock them to James waiting on the pavement below.<br><br>We got a train down to Athens pretty early in the morning with the hope of getting there with plenty of day to spare. Unfortunately Greece did not appear to be well set up for inter rail users as nobody seemed to have a dfinitive answer as to ...

... between public preaching that's the responsibility of people like me and private faith that's no one else's business. We forget that every baptized Christian is part of the grapevine. And we need to avail ourselves of that grapevine to tell the Good News. Because all of us know people who will never walk into a church until someone, somewhere in their grapevine tells them a personal story and makes an invitation. How's your grapevine working?

... include a street market and the boardwalk along the Gulf. The later is lined with cafés and restaurants, and even includes some signs translated into English! In parts, it almost reminds me of South Beach, Florida - minus the beach (but including the palm trees). There are no hostels in this city, but I am sharing my room with someone I haven't yet met. I'm still extremely tired from yesterday's sleepless night, so I will try to plan out some of my Greek journey, but will when head to ...

... Look at those Americans..." Megan and Allie seemed to be oblivious though and just kept walking, I kept my head down and stayed behind them hoping that who ever it was didn't want to start anything. Then I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned around and....surprise! It was a friend of ours from school, Stefanos, who just happened to be working at the bar that night. I stayed behind and chatted with him for a little bit until I noticed Megan and Allie were still ...

... language is a *******e to remember)...so far got white wine, good morning and thank you somewhat remembered. We're also trying to figure out how to get out of Thessaloniki and on to the main highway towards our destination. Curtis' thought: Let's just head west, we'll get there. (Could be our first adventure on the horizon) Two hours and counting and we're on our way!<br><br><br>Time to rock and roll...picked up our little red Citroen and we're off!<br>The drive to Kalampaka was so ...

... my brain for my limited knowledge of Thessaloniki train schedules. Where exactly did he think that info came from? Anyway, Thessaloniki was a much-needed shot of the big city after all those small villages. Clean, modern, and with a great energy. We went to a bookstore and stocked up on English-language books, and ate a great meal at Kitchen Bar, right on the waterfront with a view of the White Tower. Definitely too short of a stay in Thessaloniki, but Santorini beckoned ...