Itisallgreek2me

Wednesday, 29 June 2022… Finally made it into bed this morning at 02.00 hours. Not certain, but I may have been ripped off by the taxi driver who bought me here. Normally I would ask first approximately how much but didn’t… E35 seemed a lot but nevermind.

My room isn’t anything to rave about really but the location couldn’t be better. With a balcony looking out over a large park and very very central. The first thing I heard this morning was the call to come buy bananas and cherries from a street vendor… E2.50 (NZ$4.20) for 4 lovely bananas and half a kilo of delicious cherries.

Managed to clock up 10km walking today in temperatures above 30°C. Went first to a bus station (wrong one for where I want to go) then to a train station and now have my ticket to travel to Litochoro on Friday by train.

I had a few places in mind that I hoped to see in Thessaloniki, however, I found a multitude of interesting things to look at today. Almost opposite my room is the beautiful Church of Panagia Chalkeon. A little further on the statue of Eleftherios Venezelos with a pigeon sitting on his head. Bey Haman… a Turkish Bathhouse, alternatively known as the Baths of Paradise. The ruins of a monumental marble fountain, probably built in the 4th century AD.

One of the main attractions in Thessaloniki is the Roman Arch of Galerius. Not far away, the Rotunda and Minaret… added during the Ottoman occupation. The archeological site of Caesar Galerius’ Palace. The White Tower and near the Beach Promenade just beyond, the Alexander the Great Monument and the Umbrellas Zongopoulos.

Walking back, I eventually came to Aristotelous Square and the Statue of Aristotle. I wandered through the Kaponi Market then passed by the Roman Agora on my way to the Church of St. Demetrius.

Tonight around 20.00 hours, I watched over my balcony as a large group of protesters went by on the street below. It has certainly been a very full and satisfying day.

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