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//Day 38 /18-04-22 /Doirani-Thessaloniki

Today it will be a short update. I arrived in Thessaloniki after 80 K cycling in the rain. The first 30K I cycled a secondary road straight ahead, it seems that turns was a concept that doesn’t exist. After the 30K I followed a small road. The views where ok, the road quality was ok but the rain today took away most of the cycling joy. You win some, you loose some some. 
















I arrived at Thessaloniki’s city borders some 15 K before my finale destination. Thessaloniki is Greece 2nd biggest city with just over  more then 1 million habitants, no surprise it took some time to get to the city center. In order to get to the center I followed mostly the train tracks, riding often opposite in one way streets. I arrived early at the apartment I rented for 2 nights. I dropped my lugage and paid the lady-owner who was eager to get paid and rode Black Horse to a Bike-shop to get it’s chain swapped and get a full-medical. The guy’s at the bikeshop were great, Black Horse was cared for,  I received an espresso whilst waiting. I’m happy to communicate Black Horse is still in perfect condition (although he fell this morning…). It was still raining when I returned the 6 K back through the city to the appartement. It kept raining (hard) for the rest of the day. No weather to stroll around and visit a city. I went to retrieve some cash and did some groceries, returned to the appartement, chilled,watched AA Gent wining the Belgian Cup until dinner time. I had dinner In a nearby restaurant called Sofis house where you can select at the counter out of a variety of dishes. The food was great, including a free dessert from the house from the excellent waiter.

Tomorrow the sun is expected to appear around 11 in the morning (with temperature rising to 25 the next couple of days), perfect timing from the sun to discover the city and maybe have a nice lunch overlooking the Gulf of Thessaloniki. 











Lessons learned :
  • Also in Greece there are some mean MF dogs….but also some nice ones. 
  • Porcupines seem to be the main animal road kills in Greece - I counted 6 today. 
  • The apartment parking garage is in reality an empty shop. 
  • Again, Europe please arrange that retrieving Euro’s in the eurozone is regulated to acceptable fees. Today I payed 2,5 euros to retrieve Euro’s out of a Eurozone ATM. 
Song of the day :  When the rain begins to fall - Jermaine Jackson and Pia Zadora



Comments

  1. Liliane vanlee4/18/22, 8:15 PM

    Spijtig van die regen gans de dag, moet echt niet plezant geweest zijn, hopelijk morgen zon en goed weer en een aangename dag in Thessaloniki.
    Weer heel mooie fotos desondanks de regen.
    Geniet morgen van je dag en veel groetjes

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  2. Leentje Vanlee4/18/22, 10:02 PM

    What a shame you had to ride in the rain! Love the photos though! Enjoy your stay in Thessaloniki and spoil us with your nice photos!

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  3. Lieve meirsman4/19/22, 7:42 AM

    een hele dag in de regen fietsen is zeker niet leuk, goed dat het morgen weer beter wordt, geniet van je verblijf en van de zon

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  4. Caroline4/19/22, 6:16 PM

    Ooo de bekerfinale gezienšŸ˜† Thierry is nen Buffalo ole olešŸ¤ Benieuwd naar Thessaloniki. Altijd eens willen doen. Geniet van het mooie Griekenland☀️

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