Categories: ThesserasmusTravels

Kastoria (Καστοριά)

<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">On Saturday we decided to rent a car to go to Kastoria&period; Kastoria is 190km far from Thessaloniki but you go just on highways so you can be there in two hours&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Our trip started with the meeting at 8&colon;30 at Kamara&period; Teri was there first&comma; obviously she&&num;8217&semi;s German&period; I came on time&comma; then Denisa 5 minutes later and then we were waiting for our dear Italian friends&period; They arrived 10 minutes later&comma; they weren&&num;8217&semi;t in a hurry at all&period; They came slowly&comma; they are never in a rush&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Then we went to pick up the car in the office of Avance&period; We got the car Nissan Note in the colour &&num;8220&semi;café latté&&num;8221&semi; &lpar;it&&num;8217&semi;s not from my mind&comma; it was written in the description&rpar; and we were ready to go&excl;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">I was driving&comma; Denisa was next to me&comma; she was my navigator and in the back there were Gianni&comma; Giovanni and Teri&period; While we were concentrating on our way&comma; they were sleeping on the back seats&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">We made just one stop on our way in order to pee and take a photo with the car&excl; Some guys around were watching us and they couldn&&num;8217&semi;t understand why we are taking a photo with the car&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a style&equals;"margin-left&colon; 1em&semi; margin-right&colon; 1em&semi;" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;04&sol;P1010002-644x483&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;04&sol;P1010002-644x483&period;jpg" width&equals;"320" height&equals;"240" border&equals;"0" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Anyway&comma; we got to Kastoria&comma; we found the place to park unfortunately we couldn&&num;8217&semi;t pay the parking fee because one of the machine was out of order and the second one took my coin and didn&&num;8217&semi;t give it back&period; After we went for a walk&comma; we sat on the bench to eat the snack and we met with Chrysa from ESN that lives there in Kastoria&period; It was great because she was our guide in the city&period; We were walking along the lake&comma; we went up to the hill with church and especially with a fantastic view on town&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a style&equals;"margin-left&colon; 1em&semi; margin-right&colon; 1em&semi;" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;04&sol;P1010030-644x483&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;04&sol;P1010030-644x483&period;jpg" width&equals;"320" height&equals;"240" border&equals;"0" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; center&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a style&equals;"margin-left&colon; 1em&semi; margin-right&colon; 1em&semi;" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;04&sol;P1010031-644x483&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;04&sol;P1010031-644x483&period;jpg" width&equals;"320" height&equals;"240" border&equals;"0" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; center&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Later on we went to the Dragon Cave with stalactites and after then we continue walking and we visited also one of the monasteries&period; The sun was shining&comma; it was wonderful day with 25 degrees&period; On the lakes there were pelicans&comma; geese&comma; swans&comma; ducks&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a style&equals;"margin-left&colon; 1em&semi; margin-right&colon; 1em&semi;" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;04&sol;P1010019-644x483&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;04&sol;P1010019-644x483&period;jpg" width&equals;"320" height&equals;"240" border&equals;"0" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; justify&semi;">When we finished the walk &lpar;about 10 kilometres&rpar;&comma; we went for a coffee just to relax a bit&period; Then we went through the Old Town and after that we just sat on the grass and we were enjoying the sunny weather&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Our plan was to go to the taverna Allotino unfortunately because of the Easter everything was closed&period; We couldn&&num;8217&semi;t find anything with food&period; There were open just café bars&period; We were hungry but there was nothing&period; We decided to get back to Thessaloniki and to eat the last things that we had &&num;8211&semi; Gianni&&num;8217&semi;s bucket of some chips and his sandwiches&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Even if the end of the trip was without dinner in taverna&comma; I think that we had wonderful day&excl;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a style&equals;"margin-left&colon; 1em&semi; margin-right&colon; 1em&semi;" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;04&sol;P1010067-644x483&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;04&sol;P1010067-644x483&period;jpg" width&equals;"320" height&equals;"240" border&equals;"0" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;

Lucie

My name is Lucie. I come from Czech republic. I was studying Mediterranean studies and Comparative literature. Since 2013 I have been working as a hotel entertainer during the summer seasons. I have worked in Greece and Spain. I love that job and I want to share with you my excitement for it, my personal experience and also my travels.

Recent Posts

From the hotel animation to Lucie’s Yoga World

Long time no see I know it's been a long time since I published my… Read More

2 years ago

Mikulov: picturesque town in South Moravia, Czechia

Mikulov is a historical town situated in the South Moravian region in Czechia. It is… Read More

4 years ago

India: What to see in Mumbai and Elephanta island

In Mumbai there are also many places to see, I visited - Gateway of India,… Read More

5 years ago

India’s Golden Triangle Road Trip – Delhi, Agra, Jaipur

On 18th January 2020 I took a flight from Prague to New Delhi (with a… Read More

5 years ago

200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Agonda Beach, Goa, India

I knew I wanted to get an international certificate so I was searching in the… Read More

5 years ago

Costa Tropical region – Lentegí, Vélez de Benaudalla and Lanjarón

I would like to present you three villages from the Costa Tropical region - Lentegí,… Read More

5 years ago