Travelogues Macedonia and Thrace

We made it to Greece just in time. First, the first food poisoning, of all places in Florina, Greece. Then we can pick up our vacation visitor from the airport. In Thessaloniki,...

Yesterday the storm and today the heat in the mountains up to 37 degrees. This morning it was like being in a laundry room. By noon, the humidity had evaporated and it became a...

Yesterday was just a day to scrub kilometers. They were still partly very nice routes, unfortunately not good to drive in the rain. The asphalt is absolutely grippy here in...

Sunday, 06/04/2023 Relaxed and peaceful day. In the morning, we are at the beach until it gets crowded and hot around noon. The beach is great! Really fine sandy beach and the...

Day 65: We spent the night very close to the center of Xanthi, in order to come to the market square of Xanthi as early and unhindered as possible this morning. We already...

So, today I had to hit the road again. My destination for today is Alexandroupolis, near the Turkish border. If I feel like it, I might even go over there... There were...

Well, this morning while having my coffee, I've thought that it's beautiful here and nothing is rushing me. Staying one more night at the hotel is not a problem, I just had to...

So, today I slept great. Time to deal with the repair of the car after a delicious coffee. A parts store was quickly found. There I bought two diesel filters in stock, you never...

I also wanted to do today's stage together with Lotfi and Andrea. In the morning, we quickly bought supplies in Xanthi for the almost 110 kilometers to Alexandroupoli. At -1°C,...

After a stormy night on the beach, we continued comfortably towards Xanthi. After driving 500 meters through Ofrynio, the unexpected happened: two touring cyclists! The two...

On Mondays, I left Thessaloniki early in order to avoid the rush hour traffic. After a decent climb with a great view over Thessaloniki, I descended just as steeply to Liti....

The journey to Thessaloniki started with light rain and I arrived in Thessaloniki in light rain as well. There was intermittent light rain throughout the trip, so there are no...

The stage today had a lot of obstacles in store for me. If you want to go from Larisa to the coast in the north, there is only the way through the Tempe Valley. It is probably...

View from the holiday home

We wanted to visit another Greek island and decided to go to Thassos. This island, called the white island because of the marble deposit, is located in eastern Greece....

The plan for Christoph's birthday was to be in a cozy place where you can swim and eat well. We drove eastwards to Ofriniou, to the first Greek campsite with a pool, to the...

We especially liked the second, middle finger, Sithonia. There is a very wooded, mountainous hinterland and beautiful bays. We stayed at a large and lively campsite at first....

Chalkidiki is a peninsula that looks like a hand with three fingers. The back one (Athos) is populated by monks and is forbidden to all female beings (even animals except for...

There were two missions for Thessaloniki: Firstly, our refrigerator had to be repaired. Secondly, it was Vito's desire to stay in a hotel for once. So we first went to...

I know, it has been a cut in this blog, but the lockdown came more than unexpected. Along the lockdown there also came loneliness, despair and a lot of time to think about one's...

Travel Impressions Well, what else should I write about. 😊 I've picked out a few things for you from my second home; basically where I always wander around in the summer and...

After a good night's sleep, we had a hearty breakfast. Then we got ready, packed up, and loaded the car. After a heartfelt farewell, we headed to Philippi via Serres...