Les Lazaristes Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki was an interesting city… It was our first stop in Greece. Aside from the Greek language written everywhere and a few ancient ruins in random places in the city, I really wouldn't have known I was in Greece. Thessaloniki is a really big city, with tons and tons of clothing stores and cafes everywhere. There are also mass amounts of people everywhere. Many of the sidewalks were full of people trying not to bump into each ...

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 ...

... manage the situation.

Emails to Australia had not elicited any response more current than a week, at which time she had said she would call her father and soon report to me.

So, by my first morning in Bursa I had no information. There had been a call at something like 4am in the morning from an unidentified number, and which I had not heard since my hotel environment required I sleep with earplugs. Plus, on two other occasions in Turkey I had received mysterious ...

... registration. I helpfully wrote "None, it's a train" in the registration section and he stamped my passport. Sorted. The train eased forward for a few miles before coming to a stop at the Greek border. I sat in my compartment and listened as a Greek border guard headed up the train, taking the Macedonians passports and telling them to go across to the main building in about ten minutes once they'd been processed. I can't help but feel the ...

... 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 ...

After being delayed in Dubuque for 2 hours, sprinting though O'hare to catch my flight to Dusseldorf, sitting between two large women for 8 hours, waiting for my flight to Thessaloniki, I finally made it here. Thank God for the free beer on the overseas flight.

... few flies and some green moths?! Oh well, it's way better than the car, haha. We headed down for some supper and were shocked when we got the bill for 40 euros, it was a small buffet with two ice tea....little scam artists in this town! Needless to say, we would recommend staying in Pilos if you were to head down to the southwest side of Greece. On to some sleep to get ready for a ton of things to see tomorrow. Heading off through Mistra, Sparti and Tripoli on our way to Nauplio for two ...

... the man off the train and completely ignored me! We ended up arriving in town at 5:30am. After sitting around the train station till about 9 we caught a cab over to an internet cafe and hung out until Erin had to catch a cab for the airport. I snapped a few pictures of some roman sites, then walked back to the train station to catch the train for Meteora!