Kevin and Joannie on tour

So today was our last full day.  The plan was to go and visit the Hamam Bey - the biggest Turkish Baths in town.  A sign outside said it was shut until today but having walked across the city to it, there were locked gates and no likelihood, it seemed, of it opening any time soon. So we walked to the port where our map told us there was a Post Office where we could send our postcards. It was a sweltering hot day, even though we walked in the shade wherever possible.  But at the port there was no sign of Post Office - just a new opened Starbucks. So we went for a stroll along one of the dock piers and arrived just in time to see a water bus depart. We spotted a restaurant that looked to the east and the White Tower and it had outdoor seating.  Its location meant that the sun would move in a way that meant we would be thrown further into the shade as the day progresses.  There was a slight breeze from the sea.  ...

Our flat overlooks the Aegean sea.  The port of Thessaloniki doesn't seem that busy but there were enough craft to keep us mesmerised, particularly a cargo boat being tugged into dock.  There's loads of pictures of the boats as Kevin has a new camera which he wants to get to grips with before our Christmas holiday. The galleon ship is a tourist boat that you can have a free ride on providing every person buys a drink for 5 Euros.  At night the galleon and other similar boats are brightly lit. Our apartment is small and on the top (eighth) floor of the building.  It just happens the building in front of it facing the sea is one of the least tall on the prom so hence we have the great view.   It has an old, small, and fast lift but the lift only goes up to the seventh floor. There used to be a tradition of well heeled folk in Britain doing what was called "The Grand Tour" - not to be confused with the programme of the same n...