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March 28, 2006
I love Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki is probably my favorite city in Greece, in part because it has a lot more personality than, say, Athens, owing to it's continued existence as a major cities all the way from classical times through the medieval era to the modern day, unlike modern Athens and Sparta.
What's also interesting is how the city grew up around the historical sites. The churches, some of which have been around for more than 1600 years, remained in their same places while the "ground level" of the rest of the city rose around them, as we can see here at the Church of the Holy Transfiguration:
Here, I'm standing at the ground level of the church watching pedestrians walk by on the ground level of the modern city:
Posted by Dean at March 28, 2006 10:16 AM
Comments
Hey Dean, I received your postcard! Mille grazie! Glad (and jealous) to hear about your neat trip and all of the exciting locales you're visiting.
Posted by: Kitty at March 28, 2006 2:45 PM