People here in Thessaloniki have their weekend trips out on the peninsula of Halkidiki. It has the best beaches in northern Greece, and this is where our Fulbright group spent our weekend. We were in a village called Ouranoupolis -- Polis means city AND Ouran means clouds, so Ouranouplis is City in the Clouds. It was gorgeous!It took us 6.5 hours to get there (it only takes 3 but we were stopping often for coffee breaks and lunch). We stopped at one small village called Parthenon which was rediscovered only 15 years ago. It sits on the mountains above the Aegean Sea. Wealthy people were exploring and found the old ruins of the city and decided to rebuild it as a get-away spot. I got a biscuit with ice cream for my "coffee break" and it was absolutely heaven! See the picture to the top left of the cute village!
We also stopped for lunch where we got to try octopus. I tried some because my moto has been to try everything put in front of me. It wasn't horrible, but I couldn't get the fact that I was each an octopus with its suckers still on out of my head. It creeped me out a bit. But since we're close to the ocean we've been eating a lot of sea food and I'm getting more used to it.
We also stopped for lunch where we got to try octopus. I tried some because my moto has been to try everything put in front of me. It wasn't horrible, but I couldn't get the fact that I was each an octopus with its suckers still on out of my head. It creeped me out a bit. But since we're close to the ocean we've been eating a lot of sea food and I'm getting more used to it.
When we got to Ouranoupolis we had the best hotel ever! A perfect view of the ocean and each of us had our own suites...not just rooms...but suites. I had a huge bath tub, balcony, the works. We of course ran down to the ocean to swim but immediately two people in our group got stung by Sea Urchins. I definitely ran out of the water and my friend, Kristen, and I went to the pool! (Yeah, no sea urchins or other animals ready to attack our feet!). The picture is from my balcony!
Brandon H -- Every male Greek has to be in the military for at least a year. It is part of their civic duty. But I don't know very much about it. I tried to talk to a man in uniform, but he unfortunately didn't know English (and I definitely don't know enough Greek to communicate with him!).
Today was a wonderful holiday break!
3 comments:
I thought you didn't eat any animals that have more than two legs????
Ask her what kind of burrito she ate when we ordered food from La Pasadita...
Jeff
Hey Janna, What kind of burrito did you eat from La Pasadita? Mom
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