Filipi (Philippi), More Ruins

The road runs right through the ruin at Philippi, and there is plenty to see on each side of the road. Many columns are still standing, and there are flowers everywhere. Noteworthy, is the city's public latrine at the S.E. corner with most of its 50 marble seats still there. At one place we saw the remains of what we think was a prison where the Apostle Paul was imprisoned for awhile. The theater, now restored, is used for performances of ancient drama.

After our visit to Filipi (Philippi), we went on to Thessaloniki, the second largest city in Greece with a population of 1,000,000, and one of the oldest cities in Europe.

We had spent the night in the nicest Campground we found in Greece, in Kavala. There were grass, hedges, and the facilities were excellent, in spite of the night long rain. Kavala the prefectural capital, and one of the most attractive of Greece's largest cities, rises like an amphitheater from the beautiful harbor, up to a huge Byzantine fortress. Built on the ancient city of Neopolis, the cities population doubled in 1922 when the Greeks from Asia minor made there way here during the exchange of populations.