Note: nearly all pictures of my time in Greece were deleted due to a software glitch.
Thessaloniki is a small vibrant city on the north eastern
coast of Greece near Turkey and Bulgaria. Its unique location gives rise to
several unique oddities. One, is that the architecture is almost decidedly not
Greek, or at least not what I would think of when thinking of Greece, but
rather more Eastern-European. The other, is that unlike much of Greece, which
is preoccupied with Gyros and Souvlaki, Thessaloniki is really into seafood. It
is here that I’ve had one of the more interesting dishes to date; squid on
rice, cooked in its own ink.
Food and architecture aside, Thessaloniki is simply a
mountainous, vibrant city with a strong youth culture and interesting graffiti.
I would recommend walking along the seaside boardwalk towards Thessaloniki’s
iconic white tower, or wondering about the main square in the center of the
city which features many interesting shops and restaurants with local live folk
music that the locals actually sing to (given they’ve had the right amount of
Ouzo).
On a somewhat random note, I happened to be in Thessaloniki
during an international film festival. As is customary, many experimental and
international films were shown. While
this is often fun, I do vividly recall one horrible set of short films set in
different regions that played out like someone’s very old and boring homoerotic
vacation slides. No plot, no dialog, just a bunch of different guys of
different ethnicities playing with themselves in different places. Luckily, I
was able to theater hop and watch something less boring.
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