Day 24 - Return to Thessaloniki

This morning we left Prezeva. We are on the last leg of our journey through Northern Greece which has taken us from the shores of the Eastern Aegean sea across the country to the Ionian sea and the island of Corfu, South to Preveza and now returning to Thessaloniki.

We were waved off by President Labrini, the first lady president of the RC of Preveza and by ADG Aris who has been our host and guide here. We feel sad to leave but happy to have seen so much in our short stay. Ilias accompanied us around Nikopolis and answered many questions about history and politics. The naval college here teaches the skills needed to command a large vessel in the Greek's merchant shipping fleet.

Thank you to our new friends in Preveza for sharing your town with us.


The journey back to Thessaloniki is through the mountains again. We are amazed by the engineering which has constructed the bridges and tunnels to carry the road along its tortuous route. The signs refer to snow ploughs and escape lanes. We can imagine the landscape in winter. It is truely spectacular.




It took us nearly six hours to reach our final destination. We were pleased to find DG Panos and Rtn Takis waiting to meet us and we were ferried back to Hotel Luxembourg which has come to feel like home.

We were told that this evening we were to attend a meeting with 5 Rotary clubs from Thessaloniki. We were asked to say a few words to the meeting to give our impressions of the programme.

The meeting was held at the Mediterranean Hotel. We were delighted to meet up with ADG
Rtn George and his son Vassili from the RC of Alexandria. Our presentation gave us the opportunity to say thank you to the Rotarians. Our theme was 'Make Dreams Real'. We have all begun to realise that we are near the end of the programme. How much we have seen and learned.



The meeting went really well and we all enjoyed the atmosphere. Our hosts were very kind and presented us with gifts. We exchanged banners and tried to show how much this programme has meant to us.

We remembered our Rotary friends who have made our dreams real. Efharisto poli.

Tomorrow and Friday we have a final vocational experience planned for us. We are really looking forward to these two days.