Greece, day 6

Kostas and AJ

Today was our last full day in Greece. So for a change, we decided to stay close to home. K&K thought it would be a shame for us to stay in Kilkis …and see everything in the area except for Kilkis. It’s a fair point, really.

So after a lovely morning of hanging out with Katerina’s mom, Styla, her brother Adam, her sister in law, Marie, baby Styliani and her aunt, we drove up Hill St. George to see Church St. George (I’m all for convenient naming of things!) We then drove around a bit to close to the border of the former Yugoslavia and saw Lake Dorian (which is half on the Greek side and half on the former Yugoslavian side and is apparently shrinking) and the British monument to the Balkan war. We then tried to visit a vineyard, but they closed 15 minutes before we got there. Of course.

We drove back to Kilkis, drove around the city, looked at all the places Katerina used to live, and toured the city. It’s a very cute little city. Last but not least, we visited one of Katerina’s lavender fields: she is the Greek national expert on aromatic plants!