Grand Hotel Palace Thessaloniki

... is proof of our civilization." <br><br>Altogether, we spent two nights in Thessaloniki and I think that is the perfect amount. We got to see everything that sounded interesting to us and got to enjoy just wandering around the town. I am really excited to see more Greek-like towns (as we head south). But first, we are off to Istanbul, Turkey. We will spend 4 days or so there before returning to Greece for the rest of our trip.<br><br ...

Hallo zusammen<br><br>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, die sieht recht viele ...

We got back to Thessaloniki and we were going to have to spend the day there as the train out to Istanbul did not leave until the evening. Our expectations for the day were low based on our previous experience but we actually ended up having quite a good day!<br><br>We walked along the water front and saw a massive blue jelly fish which was quite exciting before heading to a pier that contained a few interesting museums and ...

... t so we got on another train. This time we were told that the train was not going to Athens and then we'd have to get off and get on a different train. &gt;_&lt; Finally we were on the train we needed to be on having again checked if we needed to reserve and the conductor again informed us that we didn't have tickets so would have to get off. He then phoned the station and shouted at somebody in Greek and then everything seemed to be fine. Thus we arrived in Athens...<br>

... in (and to get to air conditioning- haha more about that later). I got back to my room, ate a peanut butter sandwich (oh- and I was ready to eat something other than peanut butter!), wrote in my journal (but I still wasn&#8217;t caught up) and finally went to sleep. I knew I was only going to have about 4 hours of sleep because I had to wake up pretty early in the morning to catch a bus to the airport, so I set my alarm, tried to get as packed as I could, and went to sleep.

Some things easily transcend language barriers; they're just obvious in a person. I got on the train early this morning and negotiated through the other passengers who were arranging their bags and themselves. I found my seat,and there were a young man and woman standing in front of my seat. I pointed and smiled, and they nodded. Soon, they walked out, and I sat down. Eventually,the ...

... was the little jumping gremlins, not too sure what they are but I want one! We were coming around a mountain corner (surprise) and I saw something huge on the road and yelled to Curtis to stop. It was a massive wild boar (bigger than Zandar) licking the road. Shortly after we saw a few more boars and even some little piglets along the highway. Bats were everywhere flying overhead our car throughout the drive. We ran out of gas a little after halfway there and ended up sleeping a few ...

... the modern city has just incorporated the ruins into it. At one particular place, there is this massive ancient structure with an archway and columns that everyone stops to take pictures of. However, its right in front of the restaurant subway! It makes for a wierd picture, with the old and the new side by side like that. The city is on the water, though I never saw much of the water due to road construction monopolizing the views. And I was ...