After a couple evenings in the city of Thessaloniki, we ventured down into the Chalkidiki
Peninsula. This peninsula has three long thin lobes on its southern end called "the three legs" by the Greeks. These three fingers are all different. Going from west to east each one is more isolated than the next. The first lobe - furthest west - is very touristic and developed. The middle lobe is fairly wild, but has many quiet hotels along the beaches. The lobe furthest to the east is a highly protected series of monasteries that are forbidden for women to visit.
We of course could not visit the third lobe together, so we decided to check out the middle lobe. We drove the whole thing, looking for some beach that we could go down to. The hotels are hidden by the forest, so it is difficult to figure out which road to take. We took our chances with a random road, and it worked out brilliantly for us. The beach we found was so quiet and still. The water seemed to have an extraordinary amount of salt. You could lay on top of the water with ease. We were only accompanied by a few Russians who were also enjoying the water.
