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Thessaloniki 2005 toon army on tour

Europe » Greece » Central Macedonia » Thessaloniki September 28th 2005

Greetings, Arrived safely but tired, the ferry from Santorini was fine and we sunbathed on the deck. The train was a bit different though and had a bit of a time trying to get a ticket, and then got shouted at a few times by passengers and conductors on the train because we are a bit dim and should have really learnt some Greek. Our hotel is erm... cheap and I am sure there is blood in the corner of the room but it is just for sleeping and storing our bloody backpacks. Great shops here but no money so we are just looking. Tried to make it to Halkidilki beach but dont really want to talk about it, anyway we got to a beach but dont know where it was. We lay on some sun ... read more

Greece to Plovdıv, Bulgaria

Europe » Greece » Central Macedonia September 22nd 2005

Macedonia - northern Greece

Banchory to the Bosphorous by Bike

We were wonderıng how the return to the EU would be. We were expectıng lots of fences and queues and hassle. Surprısıngly ıt was easy and we jumped the car queues and cycled at speed down hıll ınto Greece. The crossıng we choose was not a busy one and the Albanıan sıde even forgot to charge us the 10 euro border tax that the Foreıgn offıce had warned us about. (please excusse the 'ı' - İ am on a turkish keyboard and keep forgetting to hıt 'i') Borders are strange thıngs; I can not really imagıne that just because we pass a lıne on the map that everythıng wıll be dıfferent, but ıt ıs. There are more trees ( Albanıa was partıcularly deforested) and the leaves are startıng to turn- Autumn's comıng! The fırst vıllage ın ... read more

Day 8

Europe » Greece » Central Macedonia » Thessaloniki July 28th 2005

Louisa

Today I woke up early, though at 10 am unexpectedly the greek lo and his wife started coming in teeling us to hurry up and get out of the rooms cos they had to be cleaned. He didn’t even tell us beforehand! So we hastily packed out stuff and chucked our suitcases out onto the balcony. The rest of the morning we just spen lazing around there until the coach came at 2 oclock! I was reading my new bought cave of petrolonian man book which was very interesting. The coach towards airport was comfy, air conned. We saw the view of the halkidiki coastline once more, and slept until we got to thessaloniki airport. Plane back to London. Watched ‘Guess who’ on the plane and it was quite a funny and sweet movie! ... read more

Day 7

Europe » Greece » Central Macedonia » Thessaloniki July 27th 2005

the dinghy

Louisa

Today we went to have english breakfast at old tavern! Only 5.50, and they gave you loadsa food. Shared between 2 people and it was brunch. Afterwards we walked towards the Hanioti town beach with the clearest waters out of all the beaches we had been to. It was really nice! We got sunbeds for 10 euros, and me and JT went into the sea to swim, and try out the dinghy. It was very sunny but once you were in the water you didn’t realise it!! po went in as well and spent ages there amongst the waves which lapped gently against the beach. The sea deepened more quickly here. We saw a old ship ruin type thing too! Later dad came after returning the car, and dragged the dinghy along with mum in it. ... read more

Day 6

Europe » Greece » Central Macedonia » Thessaloniki July 26th 2005

Agios Dimitrios

Louisa

Today we woke up at 7 am and drove to Thessaloniki. Was about an hour’s drive away. Couldn’t help falling asleep on the way cos had woken up so early. When we arrived there were loadsa cars. And we could see how different the Greek city was. We drove around for a while aimlessly until I pointed out we had a map of the city given by Avis. We stopped by at the Church of Agios Dimitrios, the guarding saint of the city. It was a well nice cathedral, with gold chandeliers I think. The toilets at the back were a bit icky though, it was like going underground to get to them. We then drove along the sea front to the White Tower, past a really nice square with lotsa nice restaurants which I wish ... read more

Day 5

Europe » Greece » Central Macedonia » Thessaloniki July 25th 2005

Louisa

In the morning we went down to Hanioti beach near to the resort with the dinghy to try out!! Dad was really excited hehe. We got in the dinghy and Dad dragged us about in the water. The waves were getting quite strong and the woman was warning us it was quite dangerous. It was good fun though just floating about and it must have been brill to sleep in! After a while we surfaced the beach and dad was gonna drive back to the resort and leave me on the beach while he got mummy to come. But after a while he came up and said he lost the key. We were searching everywhere for it (well, they were) and finally JT went into the sea to search the sea floor for it. I also ... read more

Day 4

Europe » Greece » Central Macedonia » Thessaloniki July 24th 2005

Louisa

We decided to drive down south of the peninsula to paliouri today. It turned out to be a small village, quite remote with not that many shops. We stopped at Neo Skioni to have lunch. It was a rather bad restaurant though although it was run by an Australian woman. The food was burnt and didn’t look very appetising! So I didn’t eat anything. It was a very hot day. We saw a bit of the stretch of the sea down there, but it was rather rocky. We then drove back to Hanioti and went swimming with mum at the beach near the resort. The water was quite cold and the floor was very pebbly. The sea was very calm as well. We collected lotsa rocks. Found a conglomerate which was cool. We swam for about ... read more

Day 3

Europe » Greece » Central Macedonia » Thessaloniki July 23rd 2005

Louisa

Today we drove to Kallithea where we picked up the car. We went to eat in a really nice comfortable cool restaurant situated opposite the beach. Ate meatballs with a glass of sweet white wine! Was nice but I think one glass of wine made my heart beat really fast. We sat for ages in the restaurant until the Sun’s ray strength decreased a bit in the evening, and went down to the beach to swim in the sea. It was a really nice beach! Me and JT were finding somewhere to change and we went up to a room in an apartment block where an old lady stayed and kinda disturbed her oops. We resorted to the toilet in the beach bar after that. The waves on the beach were quite strong. The sea floor ... read more

Day 2

Europe » Greece » Central Macedonia » Thessaloniki July 22nd 2005

Louisa

Today we woke up and had breakfast at Greek lo’s pool bar. Costed quite a lot-5 euros for one! Consisting of toast, eggs, bacon, sausage. Afterwards mum dad kung and po went to collect the car from Avis, while me and JT went down to the pool to swim. JT was playing a ball game with 2 boys and the Greek lo’s son who they called Starfish? Well dad described him as the happiest boy on earth. The place was like heaven to him. He wakes up every day to play! Well basically we spent 2 hours chilling by the pool. Then mum dad kung and po came back with a white citroen C3 car, well good with AIR CON!!!! Dad drove us to town where we ate at a restaurant in the Square-stifado. Mum and ... read more

Greece 2005-Day 1

Europe » Greece » Central Macedonia » Thessaloniki July 21st 2005

The Aegean

Louisa

The first instant we stepped off the airplane in Thessaloniki, Greece was the heat and stillness of the air, and the strong shining Sun in the cloudless sky. We soon boarded a coach which took us to our resort Bella Grecia, which took us an hour ish. On the way we stopped by 2 other resorts-one with a nice tennis court, away from the sea but very modern; another which was fab-right next to the beach, the sand was very fine and the water was so clear-the Aegean Sea. The coastline scenery was pittoresque-never seen such clear blue waters before! When we arrived at BG, we met the resort owner, who was quite a big beefy man who we nicknamed ‘Greek lo’. He shook our hands and welcomed us quite warmly. Our rooms were really nice! ... read more

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