Edessa

Traveled to Edessa this weekend. Beautiful place. However, the train was a little ghetto. Quite run down and it looked like someone had thrown up on it. Yet it was still a fun train ride. We woke up at 5 in the morning to catch the train at 7. Perfect timing on our part. I was planning on sleeping on the way there, but the scenery was amazing and I couldn't sleep a wink. It took about 1.5 to 2 hours to get there. Once there we got off the train and were starving, however, we all wanted to find the waterfall first. Well, Vasilios did not want to listen to me about how to get there yet my internal GPS signals were right. Got us there fast as lightening. Walked around the waterfalls for awhile and found the hemp factory. I ripped my pants while taking about 1,000 photos of my surroundings. It was absolutely beautiful. After awhile of exploring we decided to head for the hot springs. There were 5 of us and we did not want to take 2 cabs so unfortunately they had no vans and we had to squish all of us in a cab, a Mercedes none the less. So plenty of leg room though. The hot springs were beautiful and there were a lot of people there for it being February. The water was not as hot as I expected it but it was amazing still. We stayed there for about an hour and then made our way back to Edessa. We ate linner (yup, lunch and dinner) and then meandered back to the train station. This train was a bit more crowded than our morning train but we all managed to find seats. We were all so tired so some of us slept while others recapped the day. We arrived in tact back in Thessaloniki and napped when we got home. Woke up a couple hours later just in time to go out for a drink or two. Very successful day! Thanks for reading :D