Try as we might to slow down, it’s hard when a city offers so much. But did it at our pace…no tour…The White Tower, Rotunda, and more.
Archives for June 2019
THESSALONIKI’S ROMAN & JEWISH HISTORY
It was a sad day, learning of the treatment of Jews in Thessaloniki, where once they constituted more than 50% of the city’s population, and now only 7,000 remain.
HAGIA SOPHIA, YACHT CLUB BAR AND SCOOTER RIDE, THESSALONIKI
An easy day in Thessaloniki — walking the boardwalk, riding a scooter, hanging at Ciel, visiting Hagia Sophia church.
TRAVEL FATIGUE FOLLOWS US TO ATHENS
An stylish train ride on a Greek train that seemed to come right out of the movies. It took us from Thessaloniki to Athens.
HALLOWED GROUND: THE ACROPOLIS, ATHENS, GREECE
Reaching a pinnacle of Western civilization, the Acropolis is a thrill that tingles the bones. It came at the end of an informative and great day!
A MASSAGE FOR US & STREET ART FOR BLOG
Respite. A day for a massage…and that was all. (Well, plus more good Greek food.)
THE MAGICAL TEMPLE OF POSEIDON, SOUNION, GREECE
A day trip to Sounion to the Temple of Poseidon, the Parthenon’s prototype, and returning to Athens for an outdoor movie with the Acropolis in view.