Gawking at Icons and Frescoes in Thessalonika

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You cannot, no matter what all the guide books say, do Thessaloniki in one day.  We were there on a Monday, and therefore none of the museums were open.  All we did was visit the Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of the city, which were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988.

So we walked and [... Gawking at Icons and Frescoes in Thessalonika]

Taking It Easy in Buyukada

The carriage corral in the middle of town.

 

Buyukada, the biggest of the Prince’s Islands is an inexpensive way to get outside of the hustle and bustle of sightseeing in Istanbul and just relax.  Before coming, Devon had mentioned the one thing she wanted to do while here was to ride a donkey.  Thinking back to my childhood, I remembered that we used to take [... Taking It Easy in Buyukada]