Hotel Rex Thessaloniki

... thing that happened here was being able to meet up with a familiar face. I have a friend from SPU who happened to be traveling through at the same time so we met up and the three of us went exploring a little together. It was fun to see a familiar face. (Her name is Ann and she was my P.A. on my dorm floor freshman year.)

Something I didn’t know about Greece before arriving was that they don’t flush toilet paper down ...

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 ...

... in, the reason I had not seen it. It was a bus in transit, so I only had a few minutes to wait on board.

Then the bus was pulling out of the dock. Mr. Z. appeared on the bus as it was moving! I don't think he gave me anything in this moment, just expressed a wish for save travel. Then he was off the bus, and all I could do was to place both hands to my mouth and "blow" him a kiss--not my usual kind of behavior. He did likewise, then we were parted from sight.

... of young men, couples and depressingly loud children all just sat by the sea, enjoying a rare moment of serenity in a loud and brash city controlled by motorists who could be fairly considered tossers. I started walking back towards the city centre, it was easily beer o'clock now. I was delighted when I discovered the "Rock Café", a small bar just up the street from the white tower, inhabited almost entirely by long haired heavy metal fans ...

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Slept in finally and ready to go explore. We decided to make today a relaxing site seeing day and head out to Lykavittos hill for a panoramic of Athens. We weren't exactly sure how to get there so we asked the front desk about what to expect to pay for a taxi. He said it was a bad idea and that it would cost a fortune in the traffic of midday, he suggested we take the Metro. So, off to the adventure of public transportation in a foreign country! Haha The Metro was actually ...

... she was greeted by an elderly hefty gentlemen wearing only his tighty whities with a wet towel wrapped around his neck on his way out. Suddenly, the urge to relieve myself was gone and a new urge to scream and run away took its place! Adventures! But the fun had only begun... we struggled and parked 18 km away just to find the laundry place listed in lonely planet. However, a bright light from above began to shine and angels sang out loud when Tara spotted the largest Starbucks ...