Paralia Greece

Tom and I like Paralia so much we are going back in about three weeks for a quick 3 day trip. The first plan was just for me to go down with a bunch of girls to get our hair done in Katerini at this great salon that some of them found the last time we were there. I didn't know about it in enough time to make an appointment and my hair desperately needs to be cut. My wonderful hair stylist in Los Gatos, Lisa, sold me enough tint and developer for me to take care of coloring it myself, but I wouldn't dare cut it myself. So it is pretty ragged on the ends. Tom decided he couldn't stand it to not go, too, so he is taking off his last three days of CTO that he has accumulated. Then we're going to have to stay home for awhile!
Anyway, here are a couple of photos taken from the Panorama Hotel where we stayed. This hotel caters to Americans and they completely understand how we like things and they take really good care of us. This is the same hotel Tom and I stayed at when we were there three years ago and I can't imagine going anywhere else in Paralia.
The first photo was taken right behind our hotel and it looks toward Mt. Olympus. We drove up there in our rented car three years ago and well, it's just a mountain. It's no more grand than any other mountain we have ever been on and we didn't see any Greek gods or goddesses so it was kind of a disappointment. But it does have a fantastic view from up there! I have to say, the water of the Aegean is about as blue as you can imagine.
The other photo was taken from our hotel room and looks down on the street in front of the hotel. The town really goes into full throttle about 10:00 at night...that's when people are out eating dinner, shopping and so on. Notice the temperature on the digital thermometer....28 degrees Celsius and this was taken at about midnight. It was hot there! Because it takes on the appearance of Bourbon Street in New Orleans you would probably think it is really noisy, but it's not. It's very much family oriented and people are out just having a good time, relaxing, walking, eating, having a drink and so on. I have to say, one thing I am taking back home with me from this part of the world is "how to relax". I have a lot of catching up to do in that area so you may not be able to get me to do any meaningful "activities" henceforth.