Blogs from Central Macedonia, Greece, Europe - page 7

Geo: 40.0998, 23.7892 GÜN 04 GÜNLERDEN PAZARTESİ: Güne yağmurla başladık.. Nerede dünkü hava ? nerede bugünkü… Saat 09:00 a doğru kahvaltıya indik. Bugün yolumuz az olduğundan, aheste beste gidiyoruz.. Kahvaltı daha hazır değil ve Maria ,perili köşkün ev sahibesi gibi dolaşıyor.. Bu fırsattan yararlanarak, odadaki eşyaları araca taşıdım. Kahvaltı da hazır oldu …kahve yokmuş …olsun… Daha sonra kahve makinesi tamir oldu ve kahve de geldi.. Kahvaltıdan sonra Maria ve ailesi ile vedalaştık ve yola düştük. Yolda 20 euroluk yakıt takviyesi yaptım.. Gideceğimiz yere ilk kez gidiyoruz araçta yakıt olsun dedik.. İstikamet Halkidiki ve Sithonia … MIO ( GPS) bizi alakasız yollardan tepedeki otobana ulaştırdı... Haddim olmayarak, biraz Halkidiki yarımadasını kafanızda canlandırmak ... read more

Sorry about the blog delays...we got back late yesterday & then there was a stream of water flowing down from the ceiling in our room. By the time we finished changing rooms it was 1 am! It's never a dull moment! Bright & early Monday morning, we took off in our car to Kavala - the Ancient Port of Neapolis. Dodging motorcycles & mopeds, we explored the countryside of Northern Greece. The wheat & corn fields reminded us of Indiana & the mountain ranges where like the Smokies. Then we would come around the corner & there was the Mediteranean! Paul came through Neapolis on his way to Philippi (check out Acts 16:11). It remains a busy port city today. Joyce ... read more

Northern & Eastern Coast Greece from 12 to 16 June 2013 Before leaving Ohrid, we spotted a place that was selling bikes so we stopped. I got a very girly bike – very unlike me but it was only to ride around towns after all. They didn’t have one for Tom so that is still on the list. After leaving Ohrid in Macedonia, we headed over the beautiful mountain range to the Greek border. Unfortunately we were challenged by the border authorities again, now on the Greece side. This authoritarian guy said to Tom “I want your International Green card for Vehicle Insurance in paper form”. We hadn’t found a place to print our electronic version. So Tom said “Sorry but we don’t have a hard copy” and again showed him the electronic version on his ... read more

Yesterday we arrived in Kastraki. It's a very tiny town and at times you won't see anyone on the streets, but it still attracts tourists because it is situated below the rock formation and monasteries of Meteora. These are the most amazing rock formations I have ever seen! Our hotel looks right at them so I get to wake up to this beautiful site. Our hotel is really nice, it doesn't feel like you are in a hotel, it feels like you are in their home (we've already used their washing machine!). The rock formations apparently were originally a delta shaped cone consisting of river stones and mud. Over time it separated into two areas and the water found an outlet into the Aegian. Due to the wind, earthquakes and rain caused it to break up ... read more