Sometime weeks ago

About a small vacation...

Quite a few weeks ago, actually, in late June... My wife and I together with a couple of friends (they really are a couple) went on a trip to Greece. We got into a car (dear old me, it's been a while since I last saw my car) and drove all the way down to the beach of Katerini (approximately 80 km south of Thessaloniki) for about 5 nights. It was a great vacation although a bit exhausting as the girls insisted in visiting all of Greece within 6 days: Mount Olympus and Dion in one day, the Meteora the next day, the Waterpark in Thessaloniki the next day and finally the Mediterranean Cosmos (quick trip around the biggest shopping mall in the Balcans) during another one day. Add one day for the trip to Katerini and one day for the trip back and there you go: 6 days.
The two male representatives of the group insisted to stay for at least one day on the beach of Katerini as it is one of the nicest beach in Greece. And we obtained it: two hours in the second day (from 6.00 PM to 8.00 PM) and two hours in the last day (same time interval). Of course, the result was that we got back having the same ten as when we left, but none of that mattered as we had quite a nice time over there.
One side note though: the Bulgarian drivers are just insane... So pay attention while you drive in Bulgaria!
In the end the trip was a well deserved break from the overloaded workdays that I currently run into. I got back at work and for a week I needed time to update myself with the latest news and email exchanges.
But I sure would like to go on another vacation for one more week... Until next time, I salute you.