Hotel Rotunda 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 ...

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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).

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Ralf

... 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!

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!

This passed most of the time we needed to kill and we filled the rest with wondering the streets looking around.

... that happened was that our towels blew off the window ledge in the morning and we had to get a cleaner to lend us her biggest broom so I could hang out the window and knock them to James waiting on the pavement below.

We got a train down to Athens pretty early in the morning with the hope of getting there with plenty of day to spare. Unfortunately Greece did not appear to be well set up for inter rail users as nobody seemed to have a dfinitive answer as to ...

So we were going to rent a car from Athens and take a nice long 6 hr ride, then we realized time is money and we just booked a 40 minute flight instead. I have never been up here in northern Greece, but heard it is beautiful. From the moment we started descending I could see what everyone was talking about. Luscious plains with sporadic terracotta roofed houses...the mountains overlooking in the ...

... beer. Somewhere I'd fit in?, excellent. I went inside and ordered the only beer available. Amstel. Bollocks, and it was five Euros! (£4.08). Those are the kind of prices that had driven me on this insane crusade anyway- that and the fact I'd never been to most of these countries before. To add insult to injury I was presented with a bowl of popcorn to eat with my beer. I'm not eating popcorn with my beer. It is better to get drunk than eat ...

Efter 2 dages uafbrudt rejsen med tog naede vi til graensen mellem F.Y.R.O.M og Graekenland, hvor de graeske toge selvfoelgelig havde meldt strejke. Et lille twist paa vores jomfrurejse, men vejret var dejligt og ikke saa laenge efter kom der en bus og samlede os op og vi koerte med fuld **** mod Thessaloniki. Byen viste sig saa at vaere et rent bilkaos! Hvor mon de har laert faedselsregler undrede vi os over, mens vi sprang ...

... weeks. This class sounds like a breeze so far. The second class however, made me feel sick walking into. Greek 201 started at 16:00 and all seven of us in the class gathered around a big U-shaped table. When the professor, Mrs. Kalaitzopoulou (try saying that one everyday), walked in, she immediately started speaking Greek and was apparently asking questions, but I did not have a clue as to what was going on. To begin the class we had to go around the ...

... pleasant, much like the London tube (however much smaller in lines). The underground stations were super clean and fairly uncrowded. The best part is that it only costs six dollars to ride all day!


We arrived at the station we needed in no time at all. The map of Athens is really easy to follow once you find that the roads are in fact signed (small little blue signs on corner pillars). The hike up to the Funicular (the tram that takes you to the top) was quite a jaunt uphill ...

... to man situated just across the way from "Bianca's Laundrette". From there, we decided it would be a great idea to get the heck out the city, so a walk to the train and bus station were necessary. What happens when the person at the "information booth" has no information? Tara turns into her mom and frustration arises! Sorry mom- but you taught me to well to ask for some one else in charge! No bus, no train, no rides outta here! What can we do? 3 hours in an internet cafe ...