My name is Marion Vermazen. I am a traveler, hiker, reader, Sun alumnus, computer geek, YouTuber, Spanish and French language student, knitter, weaver and genealogist.
To make it easier for you to follow our 2026 Spring European trip from the beginning I’ve linked the blog posts in order.
You can go to the first blog post of our trip by clicking on this link.
At the end of each blog post after that, there is a link to the next day’s blog post.
Today we drove further east along the Greek coast. This is the last town we will be staying in in Greece. We are about 30 miles from the Turkey / Greece border.
We went into the center of town to look around a bit and have afternoon coffee.
We had a great dinner at our hotel.
This morning we went out exploring. We stopped first at the Monastery of Saint Nicholas. It’s a beautiful little church in the middle of a lake.
We also stopped along the road to look at a big flock of Greater Flamingos..
Next we drove a bit further down the road to the Archaeological Museum of Abdera . The actual archaeological site wasn’t open today but the museum was fascinating. The ancient city of Abdera was founded in 654 BC.
When we got back to our hotel we went for a walk along the coast of the village.
Tomorrow we move further east to Alexandroupoli. If you’d like to see the blog post click here.
Today was the first grey day we have had on this trip. Our drive along the cost to Fanari where we are tonight was beautiful. We’ve been doing a lot of taking things slow and easy, so I haven’t been posting every day.
This morning the owner of Nysa Boutique hotel where we stayed the last two nights served us a wonderful breakfast then saw us off.
We took back roads following the coast east and explored as we went.
In Fanari we are staying at Nero Seascape Suites. We walked to a restaurant on the coast overlooking the Aegean for dinner. The grilled seafood we had was delicious.
To read our next blog post from Fanai click here.
This morning on our way to Moustheni where we are tonight we stopped to tour The Cave of Alistrati. I think it is the most beautiful cave I have ever seen The stalactites and stalagmites and other formation made the cave magical.
Tonight we are staying at a lovely little boutique hotel called called Nysa.
For dinner we went to a local pizza place.
For desert we ordered the small version of a treat that sounded really good on the menu.
You can read our next blog post here
Today we went out exploring in the town of Drama. It was a perfect cool sunny day.We started at the Santirvan museum. The museum building was originally an Ottoman mosque built in the 16th century. Currently they have an excellent exhibition of toys through time, on loan from the Museum Benaki in Athens. A wonderful woman gave us a private tour in English. She made an exhibit that would have been interesting into a fascinating museum exhibit.
Next we went to a very well done museum in an old tobacco warehouse. We were told it’s the largest camera museum in Europe.
It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon with lots of people out enjoying the day. Drama is built around multiple springs. We enjoyed strolling through the parks built around the crystal clear water.
For dinner we went to a sandwich restaurant called Kalamia. We each had fries sandwiches made with gyro meat. Oh my were they good!
To read the next blog post of the trip click here.
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