Thesseloniki...

Me and Izan pulled up in Thesseloniki and we looked around and went...uhoh. It looked like a crappy town with nothing to do. And as a plus our h0tel was a few doors away from a strip club. Seriously.

We were thinking again if we could afford to cut our trip short and head back to Athens or visit one of the islands when we came across what looked like other backpackers. It's never a good sign when a town is totally devoid of backpackers.

So it was a welcome sight to see those packs piled up outside a giros stall. We went to sit near them and strike up a conversation. Turns out they were American archaelogists and were passing through Thesseloniki.

One of them had been in Thesseloniki previously for a day. He said that we needed to head further into town to see anything. Similar to what happened in Athens where we arrived and thought...this looks like a shit hole.

Anywho we ended up not doing anything in that part of Thesseloniki. I was trying to recover from a cough and we decided to just sleep in the hotel. For some reason we booked two different hotels in this part of Greece and today we took a 2 hour bus ride to the second place.

Turns out that the tourist board of Greece that led us to believe that Thesseloniki was filled with white sandy beaches and blue water wasn't totally lying. Oue new hotel is right in front of the beach. It might also be one of the nicest hotels we've stayed in.

Not 5 star by a long shot. But definitely worth the 22 euros per person. Our own room with a kitchen, tv, and WIFI (not that either of us has a laptop).

We just spent four hours trying to even out our patchy tans from Athens. So far no luck for me. Though Izan has had some luck with getting an even tan. You can still see where my tank top was when I was climbing around ruins in Athens.

We plan tanning some more. And possibly finishing all our sunblock.

Ciao!

PS When booking a place to stay do more than Google it...look it up on Lonely Planet and see what other travellers have said about it.