Our hotel was very close to the old market place, and the seafood looked great.
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Finally have the chance to post a bunch of photos from our Thessaloniki, Greece trip, so here goes -
Annette is happy to start the day - no rain yet but it is coming soon
Our hotel was very close to the old market place, and the seafood looked great.
This is the back side of the Hagia Sofia, an active Greek Orthodox church dating back to the 5th century AD. The paintings on the inside of the dome are from the 9th century. We dropped in for a bit of a Sunday service but didn't stay long since it usually lasts 2 1/2 hours.
After skipping out of church we had to eat, so here it is. Fried calamari for me, eggplant stuffed with feta for Annette, some fries and Greek beer. Also the menu board where Annette really did say "It's all Greek to me"
Excavation of the Roman Agora ruins started in 1962. It was built in the 2nd century AD and was the center of the Roman administration of the the region until the 5th century.
Church of St. Demetrius, originally built in the 4th century AD. The church was open 24/7 while we were there because they had a priceless painting on display, and so many people were always lined up that we didn't get to see it.
The Rotunda built by Roman Emperor Galerius in the 4th century AD. Originally built as his mausoleum or a temple. All of these sites were closed while we were there due to the parades and celebrations going on. This was the end of our Saturday in Greece. More to come on the next blog posting.
Our hotel was very close to the old market place, and the seafood looked great.
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Ohh if we make it to Istanbul, Pops, you will get to see two Hagia Sophias! Also, those fries look really tasty.
ReplyDeleteThose fries do look good, so do the fresh fishies. Do you think you guys will go back to Thesseloniki and see all the places when they are open, or are you going to focus on other places? I still am entertained by telling people that you guys are just going to Greece for the weekend, sounds so strange!
ReplyDeletePS mama you are looking skinny! All that walking must be productive!
ReplyDeleteI would like to go back to Thessaloniki again, and we just got an email that a UN trip will be going back there in a few weeks, but don't think we will go again on a UN trip there, we'd rather just go ourselves now that we have done the "preview" trip. Watching the news and seeing the riots ramping up in Athens makes me wonder what Greece will be like in the next month or two. I never had any sense of danger in Thessaloniki but we did see a lot of graffiti about facists taking over Greece, an obvious reference to the EU imposing austerity measures on Greece. If the rioting gets much worse it might not be a good idea to go there for awhile.
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