El Greco Thessaloniki
23 Egnatia Street Thessaloniki, Macedonia Region, 54630 , Greece
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Moving on today
Romy's turn to blog. I've either been napping . . . what a surprise . . . or we've had some trouble figuring out the internet access. Both the Turkish and Greek alphabets have enough differences that the keyboards have kind of fouled us up. We've been in Thessaloniki for the last two days and will be leaving a little later today to check out the …
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Thessaloniki couchsurfing
... begun.
After leaving the flat, we were led to a nondescript little restaurant on the corner of a residential road. With a frontage draped in hops and vines and no sign indicating what was inside, the place was all but empty when we entered. Eirini assured us that it was just a little early for most Greeks to eat. Inside, the walls were adorned with pictures and mirrors, and a thin layer of dust had settled on the charmingly cluttered windowsills.
In ...
Thessalonique
... face, sur le seuil de sa boutique, m’a vue prendre une photo, amusée. Il m’a invitée à m’asseoir avec lui. Un vieil homme ayant travaillé pendant 20 ans comme camionneur avec l’Allemagne. Nous avons pu communiquer un peu avec ses rudiments d’allemand. Rencontre amusante. Je crois que j’attirais aussi les badauds, qui s’arrêtaient alors pour regarder les pulls, tourne-vis, sacs, cantines entassés sur ce bout ...
Episode 30
... was a pleasant sunny day so that after finding the tourist office and getting a map we took a bus that does a circuit through the city with a bit of a commentary and a guide who points out the local sites. This is a good way to orientate oneself so that later we could go back and look more closely at the things that interest us.
Thessaloniki was founded in the 4th cent BC by Cassander the brother-in-law of Alexander the Great and named it after ...
A Igreja de Tessalônica
... mas tinha coisas muito bonitas. Uma coisa que sempre gostei são os mosaicos, acho fantástico conseguir fazer desenhos que pedacinhos de pedras. Trabalho em pedra. é outra coisa que me fascina. Trabalho em madeira... Tudo isso requer muita arte e destreza da pessoa que o faz. Tinha também muitas peças usadas nas celebrações de prata trabalhadas.
Saindo de lá, aproveitei que tinha uma exposição temporária sobre a Armênia e como nunca vi nada sobre eles aproveitei para ...



