Greece - Thessaloniki

A weekend in Thessaloniki

Oh yes, we went to Thessaloniki in Greece over the Easter weekend. Yeah I know, I forgot to tell you, sorry about that!

I have actually been to Thessaloniki once before, but that was a long time ago. My mother and I traveled for two weeks and let’s just say we had a bit of a delay as we were going back home to Sweden again so we had a layover in Thessaloniki. We didn’t really see much of the city though, we were pretty much cooped up in a hotel lobby the entire time, just waiting for an airplane to arrive. Yeah, it was that kind of trip where the bus caught on fire, we were invaded by both mosquitoes and cockroaches, a bit of an earthquake, and then lastly – the superlong delay of the flight home. It was by far the craziest trip I have ever been on, the kind where you actually need a vacation when you get home. Or sick-leave. Literally.


But this trip was so much better than my first one! We had a great weekend with a lot of walking, some amazing tzatziki, went on a hop-on-hop-off bus for one-stop, visited a fleamarket, getting tattooed, and ate way too many gyros if it’s even possible to eat too many gyros.

The city is so much bigger than I initially thought, but if I tell you that Thessaloniki is the second largest city in Greece then I think you will believe me when I say that we did a lot of walking during the weekend.

The Greek cuisine is nothing short of amazing, and we definitely had some great food. Souvlaki, olives, gyros, fish, and way too many servings of pita bread and tzatziki! But I will tell you more about the food and give you some of our recommendations for restaurants in another post.

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