Queen Olga Hotel Thessaloniki

... Byzantine museum to visit, and an archeological museum to gander. My favorite site was the White Tower. It’s a big cylinder-shaped tower made out of stone that used to be the end tower where the sea met the city walls. The White Tower used to be called the Bloody Tower because it held prisoners once upon a time and many were executed there. It is white-colored nowadays because a prisoner white-washed it in exchange for his freedom ...

Hallo zusammen<br><br>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!<br><br>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 were allowed on trains or not. We asked if we needed to make a booking at the station and they told us no but we then got thrown off the train in some backwater town because we didn't have reservations. A helpful Greek guy had come to translate between the conductor and ourselves and when we asked him why the conductor wanted us to get off he just shrugged and said "because he is an *******". We asked the woman in this station if we needxed reservations and she said we ...

... somewhat bloated condition she said she was about two weeks away from delivery, and offered that she was a little scared; a question I had been tempted to ask, but didn't.<br><br>Tamer's three kids consisted of two young adolescent girls and a boy of about 10. The girls presented not extremes, but different outlooks from one another. One covered her head with the Muslim scarf, and wore a long blouse over a long sleeved shirt, the blouse coming to below her hips, over long pants ...

... their babysitting job and on their way home - problem solved. punk shows, wine bars, super crowded couchsurfing hangout, day trip to mt. olympus, museums, a bazaar, skate spots, ruins, and a crazy party in a squat on a university campus where police cant enter. fun fun. night train back to athens so i could bus to patra with a stop at delphi. DEPARTED to Athens / Delphi

... tribute to this anise-flavoured drink with the following: "The solemnity of ouzo is connected to satiety of hunger, as much as having sex with the child bearing." Hmm... okay, well, let's have another. This delicious spirit punctuated tastes of: Delightful dolmades - marinated grape leaves stuffed with herbed rice; Juicy fried mushrooms with basil ...

... The trinkets for tourists are pretty neat here, anything from silver and gold jewellery to bronze Spartan heads. Curtis picked up a t-shirt and I got a ring with the Greece symbol for eternal life (from the Spartans). We sat down for some lunch at a café called Top's for some pizza and coronas. After eating we headed to the supermarket for some Bailey's (cause we've spent about 35Can. already in 4 days as well as confused some Greek's all to hell). We also picked up some chips and ...

... a message from Ulrike telling me I left my memory chip for my camera in her computer....... sucky. But Alex said that 1 Gig chip was only 10 euro, which is 70% cheaper than in the US. So I am hoping this is true because I need to go and buy one. I think tomorrow I am going to head for Meteora. Right now the city is just too chaotic for me and I'm not appreciating Greece. Hope all things are good back home. I love you all and I'll try and write soon!