{"id":559,"date":"2018-04-17T19:24:39","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T19:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travels.x10.bz\/wp\/?p=559"},"modified":"2022-07-08T19:19:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T23:19:38","slug":"thessaloniki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/17\/thessaloniki\/","title":{"rendered":"Thessaloniki!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve arrived safely and on time! Our flight plan was convoluted–Atlanta to Montreal, Montreal to Amsterdam and Amsterdam to Thessaloniki so we\u2019ve arrived in town a bit frazzled!<\/p>\n

We took a public bus from the airport to our hotel. \u00a0The bus was packed with people\u2014more than we could imagine and at one point the driver stopped the bus and made an announcement about the presence of pickpockets. Happily, we had our valuables safely tucked away and we had no issues.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re happy with the Electra Palace Hotel, right in the city center.<\/p>\n

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After a rest, we found a fun restaurant called Iy Gonia tou Merakli with good, basic Greek food. Our meal was off to a great start with olives and Greek salad.<\/p>\n

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And we’ve already experienced a peaceful demonstration–people marching opposing the war in Syria.<\/p>\n

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The weather is warm and breezy–we’re excited to explore more alleyways in this fun and unique city!<\/p>\n

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We’ve arrived safely and on time! Our flight plan was convoluted–Atlanta to Montreal, Montreal to Amsterdam and Amsterdam to Thessaloniki so we\u2019ve arrived in town a bit frazzled! We took a public bus from the airport to our hotel. \u00a0The bus was packed with people\u2014more than we could imagine and at one point the driver … <\/p>\n

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