This has been a really pleasant, relaxed place for our penultimate halt.

Yesterday and today, we've ambled up and down its grid of streets, enjoyed its sea-front, and popped in at more pastry shops than we probably should have done.

There's some very graceful architecture on display here:








Aside from the grand features, I'm always interested in how people live. Here in Alexandroupoli, they live on balconies:




There have been a lot of nice bakery products on offer here. But kudos to Matt Barrett for recommending these delectable things from Dore Patisserie on Leoforos Dimokratias. They're called farouk; they were created at this very establishment about 40 years ago; and they're indescribably delicious. Imagine a little croissant stuffed with chocolate mousse, glazed with chocolate, and sealed off at either end with nuts... We bought the last two in the house, and sat and ate them on the prom. Bliss...




Alexandroupoli also does a good line in sunsets:




Tomorrow is Day 61. Of 66... The end is creeping closer.

Tomorrow, we move on again. To our last stop. There's a feeling of inexorability hanging over everything now. I just want the journey to go on. But very soon we'll be on that plane, and it will all be over...