Tuesday 20th Dec we headed into Salonika on the bus and I noticed that it must have been pension pay day, as saw queues of people waiting outside a bank, waiting to get through the security door. You enter the secure space, close the door behind you and have your photo taken, then are allowed into the bank proper. Then the same when leaving the bank. It is all automated, but won’t allow you to enter if you wear sunglasses or helmet, etc. In Salonika I tried to get some preserved ginger or crystallized ginger, but no luck. So I cooked a Dutch Ginger Cake (with out ginger), but added diced, dried pineapple in its place We asked at an icon store about Saint Elizabeth and the salesperson said indeed there was one. I said in
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