My happy

This week's prompt in Our Beautiful World is

My happy

chosen by Ros of Mikeys Mum blog.
There are a lot of things that make me happy.
I guess having a beautiful family, a  house and a job in a peaceful country is what makes all people happy. Unfortunatley not everyone can have it all.
Doing sports, hobbies and travelling makes us happy too. Although some people are unable to do these things or can't afford them.
So here's some of

My happy

 during last week's visit of our friends Margrit and Bullent from Istanbul.
My happy is when friends are visiting...

 and we walk the sea front together....

 spotting newly married couples having their pictures taken.

 My happy is when we take friends sightseeing on a sunny day to beautiful sites in the city like
Yedi Kule...

 spotting details like this Classroom in the former prison...

 or this poppy blooming on a wall....

My happy is when we coninue our sightseeing tour to Vlatadon Monastery looking at the lovely view....

 and seeing all those gorgeously "painted" peacocks

 and stopping at Trigoniou Tower to take our picture.

 My happy is visiting the suburbs of the city under lovely weather....
like Nea Mihaniona,

 with its church

Angelohori, spotting people windsurfing....

 and having coffee at Perea,

 spotting little sparrows feeding...

 and some brave people swimming....

 and shadow and light playing games...

 My happy is visiting museums with friends like the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art looking at art

 which can be really funny some times...

 and having the chance to buy some things at the flea market!

 My happy is having lunch with friends at our favourite place To Elliniko

 although outside it is raining cats and dogs but still it is my happy because there is no thunder or lightning!

 My happy is looking at all the treasures we bought at the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art flea market...
books...

 pottery, glass and Easter eggs....

 and porcelain lamps....

and afterwards enjoying "our" movie "Ouzeri Tsitsanis" together with our friends and eating pistacchio baklava, my favourite!

My happy is all that and more!Hope you are enjoying life too!
Why don't you join us with what makes you happy in Our Beautiful World?

Walking around the city.

When we have visitors from out of town it is the best of chances to walk around the city and go sightseeing.
This time it was my niece Ellie who studies Architecture and was very willing to have a look around the city sights and buildings. And Thessaloniki has a great variety of architectural samples.
On Friday afternoon we visited...
Yedi Kule (Seven Towers)

 Elias the Prophet Church 

 Alatza Imaret

In it there was an Art installation and exhibition by Tina Karageorgi which was impressive.

 It was time for a break so we decided to try desserts from a very old pastry shop called Dorkada. I had ekmek kadaif which was divine!

 Then we moved on and ate our desserts while sipping Turkish demli cay at Prigipos cafe!

 My son and my niece enjoying their tea!

 Back home they made hamburgers and I made fruit salad!

 On Saturday morning after a quick breakfast with pear and cheese muffins

we girls went on a city tour again. First a short stop on top of the Old Hamam cafe next to

  Bey Hamam which has a lovely view of the Hamam.

 It's great spotting beautiful buildings at the city centre especially when friends live there!

 We then went to Bit Pazar and looked around the antiques and second hand things. I tried not to buy anything as I just recently decluttered the house and there is not any space for anything.

 We then had a look at the Roman Forum,

 we passed outside Koumbi coffee and crafts cafe where there was yarn bombing

but we decided to have coffee at Frideriko agapi mou cafe which has beautiful antiques and is dog friendly!

 This is Oddie, another customer's dog!

Then we did some shopping mainly clothes and finally met the men and had lunch.

You can't really finish a good day if you don't have ouzo and appetisers at Ellinikon Restaurant which was once again very good!

 We walked back home spotting big bubbles at the sea front!

 In the evening we made some chocolate and marshmallows dessert (s'mores dip)

Barca really enjoyed this visit!