Greece, Part Two

Though I would really like to post all four hundred photos I took on my vacation in Greece, this blog website is not organized enough nor adequately well-equipped to handle me putting on that many photos. That being said, see my photos on my Facebook album entitled Greece. There you will find sixty or so photos of my trip.

Or, if you don't have a Facebook, I have made a Photobucket account that anyone can see the pictures on. Find the link below:
http://s1037.photobucket.com/albums/a456/noahidsmith/Greece/

Starting from where I left off, Sunday Spiri, Andrea, and I roved the city of Ionnina after the breakfast buffet at the hotel. We went first to see the main church of the city where we witnessed a double baptism. We then headed up to see Ionnina's grand square and commune, where there was a beautiful panoramic view of the lake and mountains around the city. Next, we hit up a Greek sweetshop for baclava, honey, rose jam, and assorted Greek candy. Descending towards the lake, we entered the Greek Orthodox gone Turk Muslim but now reclaimed by the Greeks quarter (confusing history). We visited Alsan Pasha's mosque that is now a museum and grasped the chance to look over the lake and towards Ali Pasha's "father mosque" to Aslan's. Later we took a ferry boat on the lake to a little island where we visited a museum at Ali Pasha's death place, commemorating him and the four centuries of the Turkish rule of Greece. Hurrying back to the hotel, we grabbed our bags and took a taxi to the bus station for the ride back to Igoumenitsa, then the ferry back to Corfu Town. There, we took the bus back to Dasia Beach for dinner at the hotel. It was a long day.
Monday we relaxed. We went to the beach in the morning, and hung around the pool all afternoon. That night we packed our bags in preparation of our departure the following day and ended the evening with a walk on the beach.
Tuesday was equally relaxing, we swam at the pool all day and later checked out of the hotel. We went out one last time to see an hour or so of Greek dancing before taking the bus to the airport, and boarding our 2:30 AM flight Wednesday morning. In Brussels, we waited for the 5:30 train that took us to Soignies to be picked up by Bruno and driven home. After sleeping in until one in the afternoon, I met a family cousin and then later went to Decathlon with Bruno and Andrea to get Andrea hiking boots. He is going to Austria tomorrow with some family, the lucky boy. Unfortunately, I have school Monday and my passport is not valid for Austria, but I look forward to going to Europe's largest fair on Saturday with Bruno, Spiri, and Spiri's sister's family in Lille, France.