Electra Palace Hotel Thessaloniki

... There are little trash cans next to all toilets (usually with biohazard-like trash bags) that you throw anything paper-related into. It’s interesting… Not to gross anyone out too much but just imagine the things you see and/or smell when you open those trash cans. I don’t think I’m a fan of their sewage system rules. In a little café I was in, there is a sign above the toilet that said, "The way we use our ...

... 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>

... we were allowed on trains or not. We asked if we needed to make a booking at the station and they told us no but we then got thrown off the train in some backwater town because we didn't have reservations. A helpful Greek guy had come to translate between the conductor and ourselves and when we asked him why the conductor wanted us to get off he just shrugged and said "because he is an *******". We asked the woman in this station if we needxed reservations and she said we ...

... to be extremely disgusting. And it was. I drank it the traditional way, which is with water and ice, but it did not help at all (my friends later told me that it is better when mixed with Sprite). I will never think of black licorice the same again. <br><br>After I was finished, I kept strolling around until I found some post cards, then headed back to my room. By this point I was so ready to be in Germany I could hardly stand it. I love traveling, but I just waned to be ...

... that I won't have much conversation but some good, quiet time. I think that's good and will just get me more excited for the arrival of Eli and Hannah in less than a week.<br><br>Tomorrow, God willing, is a driving day. I've rented a car for the day to visit some ancient sites. I've got my GPS programed, and hopefully, there will actually be a car waiting for me, and navigating will be easy.<br><br>

... food borne illness. The illness lingered sufficiently for Ray that he finally decided to take a course of antibiotics. As a plus, we now have confidence in the prescriptions given to us by our travel doctors. Due to the strike and illness, we didn't see as much of Chios as we hoped before we caught the 20 hour overnight ferry to Thessaloniki. The trip was quite pleasant as the boat was spacious and we had nice scenery as we stopped to pick up ...

... at that, I had some pico de galo left on my plate and despite my protests, our waitress took my fork and fed me some more of it, insisting I had one more bite. While Jared made a new friend in our waitress, the rest of the time we were trying to ward off the dozens of people that stopped by our table. I think we finally saw gypsies Mrs. Davis, but rather than coming after us in the streets in packs, people of all ages (from 6 to 90 years old) tried to sell us bootleg ...

... and once at the front the ticket agent said, "no more cars, next ticket selling at 3:30am. This was a whole nother line and had already grown larger than the first line in a matter of seconds. We contemplated our options and shortly came up with leaving Corfu in the dust.<br><br><br>Onwards to Patra. We drove all night to get to our third destination. The drive through the night was quite eventful; we saw tons of things we would never have seen if this little detour never happened. The ...

... to save a few bucks!! Figuring I'd only be there for 1 night, 2 at most, I took the room, dumped my stuff off and then headed out to explore the city. Thessaloniki is a typical modern city with some great shopping districts, pedestrian malls, and an active restaurant and bar scene. There was a splattering of ancient ruins around town that I had easily seen in a couple of hours, but beyond that , not much to speak of. It did amaze me, however ...