Horowitz Travel Northern Greece, Albania, N. Macedonia-Oct. 15, 2024

We’re at Dulles Airport in Washington, DC waiting for our flight to Istanbul then our connection to Thessaloniki,Greece. Let me start at the beginning. I read Mitch Albom’s book, The Little Liar, and was intrigued with the vibrancy of the 60,000 members of the Jewish community of Thessaloniki pre WWII. We watched a documentary about Alexander the Great and were fascinated by the man-god. Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT) with whom we frequently venture, had a trip including all those new-found interests. We booked it over a year ago. We spoke with Judi Cope, a long-time friend and frequent traveling companion, about the trip and she decided to join us. We planned to drive to Judi’s in Potomac, Md and fly over together. OAT hand other ideas. Through incompetence and negligence, we ended up on different flights to Istanbul, but will meet up there for the flight to Thessaloniki. That was the least of the glitches we had to contend with. On Aug. 9, David took a bad fall and broke his nose and kneecap. The race was on through doctors, physical therapy, and an assortment of braces to get him into traveling condition. Fortunately, he didn’t need surgery and was declared good to go a week ago. As usual I will keep you apprised of our trip: the good, bad, ugly, and humorous. Remember, what I write is my opinion unless otherwise stated. Toby