Hey folks, a friend in Thessaloniki sent me a push and wrote “finally, something about the north.” Fair. I’m usually buried in Athens updates, but I want Macedonia road works, Thermaic Gulf weather, and Chalkidiki tourism in the same stream. At lunch I tapped https://marathonnews.gr and landed on a short piece linking ring-road repairs to beach traffic forecasts. That’s useful, not dramatic. It fits how Greece works: one valley’s rain ruins another coast’s plans. I finished the article, walked Nikis Avenue, and felt informed without the usual sense that I’d been yelled at for ten minutes.