Itisallgreek2me

Sunday, 3 July 2022… The heat index here is somewhere between OMG and WTF so I am taking the opportunity to rest up for a couple of days in my lovely apartment, accepting that the walks I had hoped to do won’t be happening this time.

Meandered down to the centre of town late morning and finally managed to get some decent pics of the mountain. Sat for sometime at a table at Spitaki enjoying a cold beer. A number of the ultra endurance runners were out and about… like me, relaxing, recharging and reflecting. When the 32 hour time limit for the race was up at 04.00 hours this morning, 82 runners had completed the race, 2 more crossed the finish line within minutes after the deadline and 31 did not finish in the time. However, they all showed incredible strength of mind and body and in my opinion, no one failed.

Monday, 4 July 2022… Another scorcher, however, it was of necessity that I venture out to obtain information about bus timetables for tomorrow. The annoying thing here in Greece is that although all bus companies operate under the umbrella of KTEL, each area is a separate company and if like me tomorrow, you want to travel from A to B to C to D, A can only tell you the timetable from there to B.

So, I have had to do my own research online. Tomorrow I will catch the first bus at 07.25 hours to Thessaloniki via Katerini. If I make it in time to catch the 09.00 hours bus from Thessaloniki to Ioannina, then I will make my final destination Igouminitsa around 16.45 hours. Otherwise, it will be more like 20.45 hours… rather a long day.

Came out of the bus company office and noticed a street market across the road… always like a good street market me. Bought pastries from a nearby bakery, cooled down eating my Spanakopita (spinach pie) in the Municipal Park, returned to my apartment, having to venture out again to buy a pen when my one and only ran out… buggar!

Much of the remainder of the day, I have spent endeavouring to amend two flight bookings. You see, Emirates have changed my itinerary… now leaving Athens for Dubai 24 hours later than originally booked which takes me out to my maximum 90 days allowed in Greece. My travel broker has sorted the ongoing Dubai/Auckland flight, however, I have to deal with my Chania/Athens flight with Sky Express and Auckland/Palmerston North flight with Air NZ. It’s all proving to be a headache but I’ll get there.

Topped off my stay in Litochoro with a return visit this evening to Meze Meze restaurant. Remembering the delicious Pumpkin Risotto I had there 3 years’ ago, I had the same again and wasn’t disappointed.

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