Igor, our Northern Macedonian Airbnb host, drives us, quickly!, from Ohrid to Thessaloniki and tells us his ideas about politics, culture and history along the way.
Greece
WALKING THESSALONIKI STREETS (IT’S SUMMER!)
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.
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!
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.