Cat at the 13th century HammamRuth: We are spending our last four nights in Thessaloniki before flying home for a bit. I don't return to [...]

Ruth: After learning to read, the hardest thing I have ever tried to learn is meditation. I am not good at it, and even this [...]

Gordon:  A couple of days ago we cycled the 25 kms from Loutraki to the other, bigger town on the island, Skopelos Town.  This is [...]

Ruth: Most of our days here involve a late afternoon walk up to the hill town of Glossa. Gord and I happily spend an hour [...]

Gordon:  The musical film Mamma Mia was filmed largely on Skopelos.  There are numerous references to the movie in the tourist literature.  One beach is [...]

  Ruth:  We are staying in an apartment on the quiet, less touristy end of Skopelos island overlooking the Port of Loutraki.  It is just below [...]

Ruth:  Squeezed into the 1960's urban sprawl of Thessaloniki is a wealth of Byzantine churches and monasteries. No less that 6 of them are Unesco [...]

Ruth: Although our original plan was to head to the Black Sea, our love of Greece and the turquoise waters of the Agean made our [...]

Gordon:  The 86 km ride from Blagoevgrad to Melnik was fast, pretty and varied.  We passed through another canyon (popular for whitewater rafting) and a [...]

ISeptember 26, 2016Ruth: After leaving Sofia we followed the Iskar River into the stunning Rila Mountains. I should mention that before making it to the [...]