Hotel Holiday Inn Thessaloniki

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, 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!

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 ...

We arrived in Thessaloniki from Macedonia late in the evening and as there were no trains continuing down to Athens that evening we were forced to spend the night.

We stayed in the cheapest place we could find which was probably a bit of a mistake as the bedroom floor was sticky (thankfully it smelt of beer) and vefore we checked in what can only of been a prostitute came and took the "concierge" away for 5 minutes to sort out some business :s

The most exciting ...

This morning we woke up and enjoyed our free breakfast again. We packed our bags and checked out, giving ourselves plenty of time to walk to the bus station. We walked down the hill and through the main square of the city and when we got to the bus station and were waiting for the bus to arrive, Matt realized that he had left his camera battery and charger in the outlet in the hotel. He couldn't leave without it because he was leaving for Egypt in a few days, so he put his ...

... my first morning in Bursa. Meanwhile, of course I was growing more anxious about what the deal was. I had told Tamer in Eskisehir about my anxiety. He said he had a friend on the Bursa police department whom he would get in touch with if I needed assistance in finding the young lady's father, the only person whom I knew to seek. I had thought the young woman had some other friend in mind for me to meet since her father did not speak English, and my Turkish was too limited to ...

... Naturally these turned out equally poorly, bushes seem to spring from nowhere whenever I attempt to take photos out of train windows (I have a fine collection of photos of bushes that happen to be near the river Rhine in Germany). I must have fallen to sleep in the mid-morning sun as I woke up to find a Macedonian border guard glaring at me. I handed him my passport and he gave me a little form to fill in asking for my name, passport number and ...

... and vocabulary. Jared had been helping me study non-stop since last Wednesday, and at 4:00 today when I went into class we both had our fingers crossed. Unfortunately, I don't think we crossed them hard enough. I won't know for sure until I get a grade back, but I'm pretty sure I only got about half of the questions right and others I couldn't even begin to answer, so I left them blank. I can honestly say that I have never taken a class that has given me so much ...

... realized my shoulders were lobster red and Curtis' shoulders were a nice ruby as well. 


Back on the road to find our next hotel, Sunrise Village Beach in Petalidi near Kalamata. We started to drive through some pretty sketchy towns and wondered just were we were staying. Once arriving at our hotel we toke a sigh of relief as the hotel was quite nice inside. Shortly after we settled into our room, not exactly what we expected after seeing the reception. We were invited in by ...

... we quickly noticed that this was not only the train with beds (couchette=bed), but it was also the less crowded train. Our train was packed and it ended up that we were sitting in an eight person per room car, for the night! Why would you do that, why? (that was for you Sherry Speizer). Most people wouldn't?! Our car was almost at capacity, and Chad and I were forced to like each other again in order to lean on each other to get any sleep. We slept on and off and were so ...