Thessoloniki: Day 13

This city got its name from love. Named for the wife- Thessaloniki EDIT (as this was a note during the tour) this city was founded by a murderer.

The admin building across from our hotel has EGGS in the foundation: 60 dozens using the strength of the egg whites to make the foundation stronger.

7th cent church miracle- Dimirios patron saint of the city sacrificed his “home” (the church) to save the homes around it. The church burned after lady lost control cooking eggplant that destroyed 40% of the city of Thessaloniki

At least 34 thousand Jews were taken to Auschwitz on the trains. (First direct holocaust mention so far.)

Ok. Thessaloniki was not my favorite. It is a port city, so you can’t really swim in the water. It is quite industrial compared to the other countries that we have been to so far.
Today we went on a walking tour, and learned some pretty neat things about the city (listed above). The highlight was the bike ride down the pier/boardwalk area. It was awesome. We stopped to take some pictures by the water and saw like 40 jellyfish in the water.

The second part of our day includes traveling to the town of Vergina, which was about an hour and a half away. We got lunch when we got there, and it was pretty good. The interesting thing about lunch today was that there was a kids 1st birthday party going on. His name was Achilles. We spent a decent amount of time trying to figure out which kid was the birthday boy as all the guests were arriving.

After lunch we went on a tour centered around Alexander The Great. Well… actually we visited the tomb of AtG and 2 others (his son and one of his wives). I’ll give props to our tour guide- he did an awesome museum/exhibit tour. But the tour itself??
See, we had to descend into a hill/mound to get into the museum and tomb area. From the moment I entered, I was uncomfortable. Now this was not claustrophobic discomfort or a buried alive thing, but the energy in the building was just off. I felt as thought the tomb was buried for a reason, and we should have just left it alone.

Overall, Thessaloniki was not my favorite place, but not the worst city I’ve ever been to.Read more