Monthly Archives: October 2012

DAY 18 SUNDAY 14TH OCTOBER. Early morning walk around Kalambaka to a rock ledge overlooking the town.  Mid morning trek to Holy Trinity Monastery. Our first walk this morning was to a ledge overlooking Kalambaka town. We didn’t intend going … Continue reading →

THESSALONIKI TUESDAY 9th OCTOBER 2012 to SATURDAY 13th OCTOBER  2012 The following images are in approximate chronological order. John and Litsa’s apartment is about six kilometres from the centre of Thessaloniki. There is a seaside boulevard from near where they … Continue reading →

Day 9  SATURDAY  6TH OCTOBER 2012. Returned to our country house having experienced life in a typical Greek island village. Bev did her best to get us a ride but being Saturday there were few cars moving about. The owner … Continue reading →

Day 7. THURSDAY 4TH OCTOBER. Moved from Therma to Kamariotissa to experience town life. Packed up at our country abode but before we left our Greek neighbours John and Litsa invited us to their veranda for coffee and tea to … Continue reading →

Day 6  WEDNESDAY 3RD OCTOBER. Took off early on my own this morning to take some sunrise photographs.  Later we visited the Temple of the Gods then drove to Pachia Ammos, a beach on the southern side of the island. … Continue reading →

DAY 5  TUESDAY 2ND OCTOBER.   Today we drove to Cape Kipos, the most accessible easterly point on Samothraki. The road runs parallel to the shoreline but sufficiently elevated to give some dramatic views up and down the coast.  One … Continue reading →

LEG 6 GREECE  DAY 1 FRIDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER. Alexandroupoli to Samothraki, an island in the northern Aegean Sea. In the last post for Turkey I omitted to include the map showing the route from Istanbul to Alexandropoli so to keep … Continue reading →

END LEG 5 TURKEY AND START LEG 6 GREECE. DAY 10 MORNING OF THURSDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER 2012 ISTANBUL TO TURKISH/GREEK BORDER.  This morning we caught a taxi to the big bus station, which is how the locals refer to it.  … Continue reading →

DAY 8 TUESDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER  2012  This morning we had an important task to complete.  I wanted to track down the location of the Book Bazaar because I was told there was a shop that sold vintage postcards which I … Continue reading →

DAY 6 SUNDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER 2012 Karakoy  A beautiful day today so we decided to go to the waterfront in the area of Karakoy near the Galata Bridge. The stairway was a very steep  down to the waterfront and on … Continue reading →