Greek Honeymoon
Go ahead, say it out loud: "Thessaloniki." That's the town we flew into. Even better, the region of Greece we explored on our honeymoon: " Chalkidiki ". Our trip began by driving through scorched, craggy countryside, cyphering the Cyrillic alphabet and gazing upon the beaches and bright blue water along the coastline. There were olive trees and sunflowers in the fields between the mountains and decadent pink and white bushes of flowers in the median of the main highway that snaked its way down the "first finger" peninsula to Skala Fourka, the small sea town where we stayed. The apartment we rented was a small, studio-style room and our dining table was outside on a covered balcony. It was one of four such studios on the bottom floor of the large house. The upper levels are used as a weekend getaway for our host and his family and friends. It was located just off the main road, and just a 5-minute walk to the beach. We ate seafood multiple times,