Thessaloniki, Greece

We woke up early once again on Tuesday morning, and jumped on a train from Vienna to Thessaloniki, Greece. I was very excited to be on my way to Greece, as it is one country I had always hoped to get to. We arrived at the train station in Thessaloniki pretty late, and walked a couple of blocks to our hostel. Along the way, we quickly realized that it would be a lot harder for us to communicate in Greece. The writing on the signs was like nothing I have ever seen before. I knew it would be different than our phonetic language, but I had no idea the extent of it. After all, how are you supposed to pronounce a word that begins with a triangle?

Luckily, the receptionist at our hostel spoke English, and we brought our luggage to our room. Then, we went out to look for something to eat. First, we stopped for a quick gyro. Then, since we were looking to save a bit of money, and had a long train ride ahead of us in the morning, we stopped at a grocery store and picked up some food for the next day’s breakfast and lunch. We also picked up some Grecian beer, Mythos and Vergina, for that night.

Of course, since we were in Greece, Matt and Sherman found it necessary to buy an entire block of feta cheese, and eat it all back in the room. I gotta say, that was one of the grossest things I have ever witnessed. There is almost nothing more disgusting than people digging into a floating block of cheese. After trying hard not to gag, and finishing off the beer, we headed to bed to get ready for our long trip to Athens in the morning.