Mediterranean Palace Thessaloniki

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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).

Gruss
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.

... 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. >_< 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...

... down and sprinted back to the hotel. Our bus was supposed to leave in 7 minutes, so I’m sitting there thinking "What the heck am I supposed to do here? Am I supposed to leave his stuff at the station? Am I supposed to miss the bus and wait for him? Come on!" Finally, I decided to talk to the driver and tell him the situation and see if he would be willing to wait until he got back, but he didn’t speak any English. He took me inside the bus station and had me ...

... shopping centre- that is the only thing I like about Birmingham, apart from the fact it may one day burn to the ground). I arrived back at the train station and almost instantly found myself in a large, quite clean, café area. I went over to the checkout area and saw that they only had one brand of beer on draught. Mythos- a Greek beer!, this was the icing on the cake really. I happily paid €2.50 (£2.04) for a pint of the stuff, which had ...

... we saw a good sampling of what the country has to offer.  We went to small historic towns, a sprawling major metropolis, beautiful islands, and up a body-shattering mountain.  In all of these places we met wonderful people, had some of the best food on the planet, and witnessed a culture obsessed with coffee.  Seriously, it is rare to see a local walking, driving, or relaxing with out a coffee or iced coffee on the ...

Today was supposed to be an action packed self-guided tour of the city for Jared and I, but it ended up being our catch-up-on-sleep day. Maybe our bodies are still getting used to the time adjustment here because each night we are wide awake until 3:30am when we must force ourselves to get to bed so that we have a reasonable amount of sleep before the next day. Well last night, since there was nothing pressing for the next day, we came back from ...

... Athens), got to the Acropolis...what a zoo! Definitely something else when you are standing beside these unbelievably huge monuments. Most of the site is under major reconstruction and the pollution damage is so sad. There is a theatre there that would be amazing to watch a show in too. We ate some lunch at the restaurant there which was tasty and then headed towards the Temple of Zeus. This temple was by far the largest structure we have seen so far, Curtis got a picture of me ...

Man oh man, a 17 hour train trip from Istanbul to Thessaloniki left at 8pm arrived at 1pm (no time change). Was meant to arrive at 7.20am in Thessaloniki but due to delays at the Turkish border check point (1 hour and 30 minutes) and delays at the Greece border check point (more than three hours) the train was 6 hours late. Thats right 6 hours late!!!!!! The train stopped the border side of Turkey and they checked our passports at about 12 midnight and than approx 30 ...

... Turkey. We had to get two double cabins, which means we should get a good nights sleep. We proceeded to put our bags in a locker and hike to the largest, of many churches in the city. It was an interesting mix of old and new and very Greek Orthodox with many icons around. It appeared that worshippers would come to an icon, make the sign of the cross three times and then kiss the icon. It was still quite hot, and since we made the walk rather quickly, with ...