Blogs from Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Europe - page 4

Steve set the alarm for 8am and I finally managed to drag myself out of bed around 9am. I took a nice shower although I forgot to turn on the water heater and the water got a little chilly toward the end. I went upstairs and got dressed and asked Steve if he was going to get up. He said no and pulled the blanket over his head. I went back downstairs and had a yogurt but was still starving from all the fresh clean village air so I decided to make ham and eggs.I only cooked for me since Steve had said he wasn’t getting up. Of course as soon as I sat down and started to eat Steve came downstairs and was like “WTF you cooked for one?” Em yea - I thought since ... read more

We started the day by visiting Aristotle University and listened to two college professors explain how they prepare their college students to become teachers. We heard several things that Greece has in common with The United States, but there are a few differences. Right now the current debate is whether or not religion should be taught in the public schools and what history should be taught. The biggest difference for teachers here in Greece is that when they start their careers, they are appointed by the state to their position with no regard as to how far away this position might be from where they are living. After that, we visited Peiramatiko Elementary School. We had a nice conversation with the principal and several teachers. The school was founded in 1913. Next we visited The White ... read more

Geo: 40.6197, 22.9442 GUN 2, GUNLERDEN PAZAR: Sabah çok erken uyandım... Dün gece felaket bir uyku uyudum.. Yorgan çok fazla geldi. Sıcaktan kurtuldukça ,dışarının nemi saldırmaya başladı Sıcak, soğuk derken sabahı zor ettik .. Belki de dün geceki alkol düzeyi azdı bilemiyorum... Tek bildiğim, çok kötü bir gece geçirdiğim..... Hava nane ...çiseliyor yağıp yağmama arasında gidip geliyor... Saat 10 :00 a doğru yola çıktık .. Parayı dün ödemiştim belki erken çıkarız diye... Sorunsuz ayrıldık kampımızdan.. Türkiye'ye giden Fransız kampçıları geride bırakarak... Rahatça, Selanik yoluna girdik. Yunanlıları kutluyorum Egnatio Odos ' otobanını bayağı toparlamışlar... Eskiden, soluklanacak yan cepler yoktu. Şimdi yapmışlar. Benzinciler yine yol dışında ama, olsun, en a... read more

Ode To Frogbert Hi Catherine & Brent Push "View Full Entry" now. It was hard having to leave poor Frogbert behind in London after he had got used to having us around for 12 days. On the flight over to Athens, I wrote the following: In May of 2006 Our daughter crossed the sea Her friends all call her Cath But to us she Catherine, or CC. In London she stayed first with her brother Good jobs were hard to find And so, she discovered, was a man Of the understanding, caring kind. And then Frogbert came into her life A cuddly froggy boy He was a valuable companion But not quite the Real McCoy. Then her brother had a brainwave He suggested to his little sis “If you want to meet Prince Charming Why not ... read more

Vlora, Albanıa. Cold much better, thank you. But now I am conscıous of how many ınsect bıtes I have sustaıned over the past few days. Fleas, mosquıtoes, and no doubt other thıngs that have been delıghted to bıte ınto my foreıgn flesh. Got up early to catch a mını busvan. Thıs waıted untıl the drıver was happy he had enough passengers before he would drıve off. Slıghtly frustratıng, as another bus arrıved headıng to the same destınatıon and seemed to fıll up faster than the one I had already paıd my fare for. They take off, we waıt - the drıver now more and more determıned to get a full bus before leavıng. Whıle we are waıtıng an elderly man sets up a lıttle stall on the sıde of the road, dısplayıng half a dozen lıve ... read more