Sunset at the Athens port
View at Delphi
Change of the guard - members of the 27th Goofball Brigade
Insightful sign in Athens
A horde of riot police at Parliament - waiting for demonstrations regarding EU Parliament elections
The glory that was Greece
The glory that is Greece
Pigeons, the main feature at the Athens zoo
Just kidding. I'm JUST kidding
The real glory that is Greece: Santorini
Santorini - the town of Oia (inaccurately pronounced "oh yeah!")
Santorini - Firostefani
Volcano by Santorini
Church in Oia
Thessaloniki - center of "the real"/"that other" Macedonia - with its rendition of Alexander the Great of Macedon.
White Tower- symbol of Thessaloniki - guarded by a statue of King Philip...of Macedon
I arrived in Thessaloniki at 1 am, and couldn't get my phone to call the owner of the hostel, who had told me, "You won't be able to find us on your own." Luckily, she found me, and as soon as she checked me in, she went on three days' vacation. The other guests left in the morning. So I had the hostel all to myself - no guests, no owner.
That's all for now. Back in Skopje now, interviewing more wackos (and some sane people, too!). I'll try to post again in a few days.
Hi J
ReplyDeleteOK - your stories are fun, but the thuggish Greek-nationalist video is the best. Notice the U.S. professor putting away the camera very quickly when the thugs came his way.
And the magic of the Aegean - my first solo adventure as a freshman out there. Still a warm place in my hear for waking up on the beach to the sound of fishermen pounding the calamari against the rocks... And then there is the ouzo
Keep it coming
Love, Uncle Nate