Tag: Thessaly
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The Thessalian Witches (Part 3)
8 September 2022. Aigai/Vergina and the Macedonian Royal Tombs From the Archaeological Park of Dion, we headed south on Epar. Odos. Katerinis – Limena Litochoriou back to the E75 highway. From there, we headed north on the E75, sweeping up the west coast of the Themaic Gulf. The largest city that we passed was Katerini,…
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The Thessalian Witches (Part 2)
8 September 2023. Olympos and the Archaeological Park of Dion We returned to the Airbnb after our trip to Cheiron’s Cave and loaded the rental car. Turning the car around, we waved goodbye to our hostess, and drove to a nearby mini market for road supplies. On our walk to the market, I pointed out…
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Pray for Greece/Protect our Climate
POLITICO illustration / Getty Images / iStock This has been a very trying 2 months for Greece. First, the people had to deal with record temperatures. Then parts of the country were hit with record wildfires, many of which may have been caused by arsonists. Finally, large areas – particularly Thessaly – have been hit…
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The Thessalian Witches (Part 1)
8 September 2023. Kheiron’s Cave We all had a decent night’s sleep after a really long, full day. We packed up everything early in order to be ready to head out on the road. Another full day on the agenda, go figure. Our first task was to figure out where Chiron’s Cave (Σπήλαιο του Χείρωνα)…
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Piling Pelion on Ossa (Part 2)
7 September 2022. Journeying to Thermopylae and Milina, Thessaly. Upon leaving the Korykian Cave, we headed north again, this time on Eparchiaki odos Gravias-Fthiotidas until we reached the village of Gravias. From there we got on the E65 and headed northeast through the mountainous region east of the Asopos River gorge until it intersected with the…