Postcards from abroad
We thought you would enjoy the lurid sunset as viewed from our balcony in this small tourist town, the nearest place to the Mount Athos Autonomous Monastic State (of the Holy Mountain to give it its full name). Women and children (and female animals) are not allowed any further. From hereon in, only those men… Continue reading Driving to Ouranoupoli – the last stop before Mount Athos
The first thing that struck us as we parked up in the vacant lot near our hotel in Kavala (thank goodness they had claimed it for parking as the city is not easy to drive in) was this immense viaduct, rebuilt in the early 16th century from the original. We decided to leave struggling up… Continue reading Kavala – ancient city
We arrived in Kavala which is a most beautiful city on the coast, with a long history (more of which in a separate blog) but, during the 19th and early 20th century, concentrated on tobacco. So of course we went to the Tobacco Museum. Oddly, it has the following title, explaining why the top image… Continue reading Kavala – tobacco again
We went to visit the last silk-making town in Europe (Soufli) before going to find black vultures in the Dadia National Park, an area filled with pines and oak trees (and many raptors when they feel like showing up). We were given a guided tour of the silk museum by a wonderful woman who explained… Continue reading Silkworm sex and flowers (not related)
After the positive reader responses to our quirky assortment, we wanted to include more street scenes to give you the flavour of civic life, so this post draws on our walk this morning round Alexandroupoli, a lively modern town near the border with Turkey. One of the distinctive town features is that, the further east… Continue reading Street scenes in Alex