Thessaloniki

I'm back from my very quick trip to Thessaloniki. I'm glad that it'll be over a month until I have to get on another plane. I've got one more complaint to add to my rant: people who get on flights wearing really stronge perfume or cologne. I think that in addition to the x-ray and metal detector machines, there should be some sort of sniff test you need to pass before being allowed to get on the plane. If you're wearing enough perfume to gas a small village, you should be hosed down prior to boarding.

The flights to and from Greece (4 in total) were very turbulenty. Not fun. I hate when planes go through turbulence. I also hate when they take off. Or when they turn. Or fly.

This is what Greece looks like from the sky:



And this is what Canada looks like to the Athens airport!:



Here's a closer look:



Look at the distance between Niagara Falls and the CN Tower! I never knew that the Falls were actually in Manitoba. And apparently there's nothing interesting east of Quebec! (Sorry M ;) Hahaha.

My visit to the university in Thessaloniki went well. The equipment survived another flight (so happy), and everyone in the Dept of Geology were really great and didn't mind me rearranging all the furniture in their paleontology museum to make room for me and my ShapeCam. Here's what the Dept looks like from the outside:



It rained the entire time I was in Greece, clearing up only when my first flight took off. Thessaloniki is a nice city with lots of shopping and lots of nice restaurants along the waterfront. I'm sure it's a lot of fun in warmer, sunnier weather.







Tonight I take the night train up to Vienna and I should arrive in Brno by Sunday afternoon. I'm sad to leave Rome so soon, but I'll be back in Italy soon enough! Ciao ciao!