East Macedonia and Thrace is the northernmost of thirteen administrative regions of Greece and consists of the eastern part of Greek Macedonia and the Greek part of Thrace. The capital of the region is Komotini.
The historical areas of Macedonia include the regional areas of Drama, Kavala and Thasos; Thrace includes the areas Xanthi, Rodopi and Evros.
We were on our way to Turkey when the really sunny weather caused us to leave the highway modern Via Egnatia behind Kavala to circle Lake Vistonida.
For our way back to Turkey we had chosen Skopje in Macedonia and Thessalonica along the old Roman road Via Egnatia, the now well-developed highway A2 across Greece, which leads towards the Evros up to Kesan crossing the border of Turkey.
After our stopover in Vienna for further preparation of our project "A journey of Intimacy and Culture along Roman Roads" we had travelled along the former Autoput passing Croatia to Morovic (shortly before Belgrade), where we had stayed in a lovely private room rented out via the internet.
We had already reported about our meeting with Suse and Axel on their way to New Zealand, which should now pass Turkey. Despite the current situation.