Today we moved to the second biggest city in Greece. Thessaloniki has a population of about 2 million people and is located in North East Greece. We need to get an annual warranty inspection and the only Knaus dealer is located here so our plan is to drop François at the dealer to get the inspections and get a hotel in town.
The drive over was uneventful and less expensive as we changed toll companies and suddenly François was a car again. Greek toll ways are interesting. We dropped François at the dealer and were in the hotel by 1pm. About a week ago I lost a filling and the tooth was bothering me a bit, so when we checked in I asked if they had a dentist they could recommend. They booked me into a dentist at 2 pm who was literally across the street. By 2:45 I was back in the room with a new filling for the whopping cost of€50.
Our new friend Nikos is from Thessaloniki and he gave us a list of places to visit in the city. The first was the central market, which is a can’t miss with Ton. The market was originally built in 1925, but has recently been modernized and is now very chic. We walked around the market and did get some of our favorite cheese from Crete.
By now we were hungry so Ton decided we needed to find a place that was a little less chic. About a block from the modernized market was the old market and Ton was in heaven. Even though it was wrapping up there were still plenty of fish stalls and meat stalls open to inspect.
After the market we had a very late lunch/early dinner and then walked down to the waterfront. After a quick look we decided we would save the waterfront for tomorrow and headed back to the hotel.
