Thessaloniki….
Oh Thessaloniki <3
After visiting Athens for the
on-arrival and mid-term training, I was ready for something else. I really love
Greece, but I’m not a big fan of Athens. The city doesn’t make me happy in any
way. I have seen other big cities that were also crowded, but still gave you
more space to breathe. Athens feels a bit suffocating to me.
With some friends we decided to
visit other EVS’ers in Thessaloniki and to explore the city. After our mid-term
training we took the train in the afternoon. The tickets are only 12 euros with
the youth card and it takes around 5 hours to get there. We stayed with a few
EVS’ers that live in the higher area of the city. We were really tired, because
of the seminar in Athens but we decided that we still wanted to go out because
it was weekend. We had dinner with a big group in a nice taverna and afterwards
we went to a small square where a lot of (Erasmus)students were hanging out and
having a drink. Later in the night we found a nice and trendy rock bar, where
people were actually dancing!! The whole night was awesome. 
The rest of the weekend we walked
around the city and did some sight-seeing. We had very nice weather, so I spend
a long time walking next to the sea. Thessaloniki has a long history and was
occupied by different groups many times. I really liked visiting the byzantine
churches and there is even a byzantine museum, but unfortunately I didn’t have time to visit it.
Thessaloniki has the perfect balance
between the busy city life and the relaxed Greek culture. The people are nice
and feel completely free to express themselves, which I sometimes miss a little
bit in Kalamata. Another good thing is the food! <3 There are so many nice
taverna’s, coffee bars and even salad bars and it’s all very cheap, which is
also very important for us EVS’ers. ;) All by all it is an amazing city…
Thessaloniki really feels alive!
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