Wednesday 26 March 2014

How great it is to be off school for a day!

As Independence Day is a National Holiday and it was on a Tuesday it was great to be off school in the beginning of the week.
We had the special traditional lunch at my mum's. Salted cod nuggets accompanied by her stuffed vine leaves and some salads.
And then we thought of walking at the beach front with my brother and sister as it was a glorious day.


Thousands of people were walking or lounging at the sun.

 And little boat-cafes did cruises at the Bay.
 We wanted to have coffee and I thought it a good idea to go aboard Clio, a boat-cafe! You can have your coffee there and also take a half hour tour of the Thessaloniki Bay.
 Seeing the city from the sea is such a marvelous sight.
The Macedonia Palace Hotel.



 The harbour.


 Aristotelous Square



 The White Tower landmark of my city.
 With the National Theatre behind it.


 And that's Clio.


 And of course Zongolopoulos Umbrellas.
It was a great day!

7 comments:

Decor Asylum said...

Όντως υπέροχη μέρα για βόλτα! Μου θύμησες την επίσκεψή μου στην πόλη σου, όταν με μία φίλη είχαμε πάρει κι εμείς το καραβάκι, για ποτο! Καλό βράδυ να έχεις!

Anastasia said...

Beautiful photos Ariadne – I’ve never been to Thessalonki but I had a cousin who studied there and have heard its beautiful! Looks like a nice long weekend – its always nice to get an extra day off!

Unknown said...

Seems it was a lovely day for a walk!

Sarah in Stitches said...

Looks like you had a lovely celebration!

zina said...

I think we were lucky with this great weather! I hope you will have more beautiful family memories Ariadne!

nikol said...

Θαύμασα όλες τις υπέροχες φωτογραφίες από την Θεσσαλονίκη !!!!
Να είσαι καλά και καλό σου απόγευμα

Magali@TheLittleWhiteHouse said...

The meal looks yummy! And your pictures of the sunny harbour are beautiful.