We left Crete by ferry back to Athens and flew home for Christmas. After the holidays, we came back and took the route from Athens to Turkey, where we want to spend the next 2 months. Off to new adventures!
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| Xmas car wash |
First, our camper got its Xmas wash! It’s always nice when all the dirt comes off and the car shines again. Now we were ready to go onto the ferry and leave Crete after a fabulous month of hiking.
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| Boarding the ferry at Heraklion |
Our “Cochecito” had found its place, and we had found our cabin for the night. After checking out the ferry, we headed for the restaurant to celebrate the great time we had on Crete and that our journey home for Christmas had started.
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| Ferry in Christmas spirit |
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| Special treat for a celebration |
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| Our cabin, this time with a window but no view |
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| Leaving the ferry at Piraeus |
We had a day left to spend at Athens which we spent visiting the Acropolis Museum, which is in a modern building just below the Acropolis and shows all the reliefs of the Parthenon at the top floor, from where you can look up to the temples. Really well done!
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| Acropolis Museum |
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| All the reliefs from the Parthenon on display |
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| Fantastic view from the museum |
Afterwards we strolled through Athens where people were shopping and enjoying the last days before Christmas.
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| Brake dance group |
The next day we were flying home for Christmas! It was great to be in Vienna again and come together with our families and friends. To get into the Christmas spirit we spent an afternoon at the different Christmas markets in Vienna, admiring all the decorations and gifts on display.
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| Hofburg at night |
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| Fiaker @ Vienna |
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| Christmas market in front of the town hall |
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| Mother & son together again |
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| Celebrating with friends |
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| 4 candles for Advent |
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| Alexandra made us Romanian Papanaşi! |
As always one week was not enough time to meet all the friends, but we were looking forward to new adventures so off we went back to Athens where we were happy to be home at our “Cochecito” again.
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| Our route from Athens to Troy in 4 days |
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| Snow north of Athens |
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| It felt like winter in Austria |
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| Thessaloniki, Christmas lottery ticket sellers |
We had stopped at Thessaloniki, were we went for a walk through the centre. There is a big parking at the harbour where we had managed to find a spot. (40.635659, 22.934525)
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| Salep – a hot drink made with flour from the tubers of an orchid |
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| Served with cinnamon and ginger – lets say: it was warm 😉 |
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| @ the market |
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| Coffee break |
The next day it was Sylvester, and we had stopped at Alexandroupolis to celebrate the end of the year in this town just before the border to Turkey.
By coincidence, we had chosen an Armenian restaurant for lunch, where we had different vegetable dishes.
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| Sun, sea and palm trees – but still it was very cold |
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| Getting closer to the border |
We soon reached the border after leaving Alexandroupolis, and it took us just 20 minutes to get through all the controls, as it was not busy at all in the morning of the first of January.
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| Turkey welcomes us with sun |
We are looking forward to discovering this fascinating country.
