The first two pictures below said it all. The trains are not running and we are stuck in Thessaloniki. We were supposed to stop here for only 1 night and take an early train to Athens. But, when we went to book our seats last night, we were told that there will be a strike today. The trains will start running at midnight. We also couldn't take the train here from Sofia because the Bulgarian trains are not crossing the border. So are other international trains, from what I heard. We are in the "eye of the financial hurricane" in Europe and I hope that's all the inconvenience that we're going to have. Greece has been in the news a lot for this reason.
We made use of the day in Thessaloniki by walking all over the city. This is Greece's second largest city and it has a long history. We came across a lot of old churches, buildings and ruins. Interestingly, we stumbled on an area just a couple of blocks from our hotel that has quite a few Chinese businesses. They sell mostly apparels, I think wholesale. They even have their signs in Chinese.
We made use of the day in Thessaloniki by walking all over the city. This is Greece's second largest city and it has a long history. We came across a lot of old churches, buildings and ruins. Interestingly, we stumbled on an area just a couple of blocks from our hotel that has quite a few Chinese businesses. They sell mostly apparels, I think wholesale. They even have their signs in Chinese.
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| Idle train and empty platform |
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| Ticketing Offices are all closed |
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| St. Dimitriou Church |
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| Inside the church |
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| An ancient ruin |
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| Chinese busineses |
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