Well, yeah.. Greece. After 2 years I was coming back. In 2008 I studied for 1 semester in Thessaloniki and it was not a very nice experience. Rubbish everywhere, homeless dogs walking on university's corridors, people who usually like your money more than you. How was it now?
After crossing the boarder I was left by the French somewhere near Kavala and tried to hitchhike. Knowing Greeks I thought it's gonna be hard and so it was. After 1h nobody stopped. Some people were looking at me like I was some kind of a freak. Not so nice feeling.
I was holding a piece of paper with the name of my destination - "Thessaloniki". After 1h I changed it a bit adding "25€". Then it turned out that there're people willing to 'help'. 2 cars stopped. I that people they're cars suck and the standard is not good enough for me (one of them was a brand new Mercedes;)). Anyways the little experiment seemed to prove that what I thought bout the Greeks was right. I decided to search for the shop and hit the road the next day in the morning with the French. Then something strange happened. One guy asked me where I was going and then offered me a lift to Thessaloniki. That was really nice. And also he was the first person I was able to communicate in few days. Turks are great but they speak no languages at all. After getting to Thess. I cought one more car to Chalkidonia. It was night already so I started to look for a place to stay for a night outside of the city. When I was almost outta town I spotted a bar. Inside there was only the bartender. Thought it was closed but I asked for something to eat and to drink. Got it for free :) Another nice experience. After some tome it turned out that the bar was not closed. It was beeing prepared for the opening! Yeah, I found myself in a strip club. After 1h the strippers came. There were no other ppl inside so I had a chat with them (not suprisingly in russian) and also continued my conversation with the bartender. I got a "business proposal" from him: search for some Polish girls willing to work in his club. He was offering 50€ for one. WTF?!? Do I look like a pimp?!? Anyways I guess he thought we made a deal so I got some drinks, watched some strippers - everything for free :P
I left at 2am and slept by the road near the club. Next morning hitchhiked to Macedonia. Yes, Greek people, Macedonia, not FYROM. On my way visited Edessa (it was supposed to have nice waterfalls but it war crappy like hell).
Anyways, Greek people I hitchhiked with were very nice - completely opposite to the ones I met when I studied in Thessaloniki. I left Greece a bit confused about my feelings towards the Greeks. Guess gotta come once again..
After crossing the boarder I was left by the French somewhere near Kavala and tried to hitchhike. Knowing Greeks I thought it's gonna be hard and so it was. After 1h nobody stopped. Some people were looking at me like I was some kind of a freak. Not so nice feeling.
I was holding a piece of paper with the name of my destination - "Thessaloniki". After 1h I changed it a bit adding "25€". Then it turned out that there're people willing to 'help'. 2 cars stopped. I that people they're cars suck and the standard is not good enough for me (one of them was a brand new Mercedes;)). Anyways the little experiment seemed to prove that what I thought bout the Greeks was right. I decided to search for the shop and hit the road the next day in the morning with the French. Then something strange happened. One guy asked me where I was going and then offered me a lift to Thessaloniki. That was really nice. And also he was the first person I was able to communicate in few days. Turks are great but they speak no languages at all. After getting to Thess. I cought one more car to Chalkidonia. It was night already so I started to look for a place to stay for a night outside of the city. When I was almost outta town I spotted a bar. Inside there was only the bartender. Thought it was closed but I asked for something to eat and to drink. Got it for free :) Another nice experience. After some tome it turned out that the bar was not closed. It was beeing prepared for the opening! Yeah, I found myself in a strip club. After 1h the strippers came. There were no other ppl inside so I had a chat with them (not suprisingly in russian) and also continued my conversation with the bartender. I got a "business proposal" from him: search for some Polish girls willing to work in his club. He was offering 50€ for one. WTF?!? Do I look like a pimp?!? Anyways I guess he thought we made a deal so I got some drinks, watched some strippers - everything for free :P
I left at 2am and slept by the road near the club. Next morning hitchhiked to Macedonia. Yes, Greek people, Macedonia, not FYROM. On my way visited Edessa (it was supposed to have nice waterfalls but it war crappy like hell).
Anyways, Greek people I hitchhiked with were very nice - completely opposite to the ones I met when I studied in Thessaloniki. I left Greece a bit confused about my feelings towards the Greeks. Guess gotta come once again..
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