The next day we rose at our leisure, and were force fed a fantastic breakfast of cheeses salad and eggs. Then we went with the younger members of the family to a nearby ski slope. Really small, basically just that - one slope. It was freezing cold and snowing, the weather was markedly different as we got into higher altitude. The altitude also caused our ears to pop as we made the assent. We didn't actually ski as it all seemed to be closed, but we sat in a little cafe and had hot chocolate, we also through around some snow, then descended.
That evening we went to their pub. It is literally a one street town with the occasional car zipping by. The pub was closed but they had the key, so opened it up and we had a few drinks and did some more Greek dancing. They all hardly speak English but we managed to communicate well enough. Paz and I both agree that the people in Northern Greece are much nicer than the South, or maybe it is just the difference between big city folks and village folks. They are just so hospitable for example I stopped to buy post cards, and the shop owner gave me one for free because I was a guest. Also on the way to the pub in the evening Katerina stopped to buy some cigarettes and nipped into a shop, then she bought us both a present! Not the best present for a backpacker - a paperweight - but the thought was nice. They have not let us pay for a thing, insisting all the time to treat us, even buying us flowers!
One of Demetri' friends - George - comes from Thessaloniki, which is supposed to be our next stop, so he has offered to let us stay with him! So on Monday we said our good-byes and took the bus to Naoussa - they even insisted on buying our bus tickets. We had time in Naoussa to post some letters, use the bank and have some frozen frothy coffee, called a frappe. Then we went to the station and caught our train to Thessaloniki.
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