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Olympos, Dionysios, and me

Godspeed to Olympos, Fri, 15 Sep 23
Simon at a Temple in Europe, Greece

This trip was quite a spiritual journey for me and I felt the need to spend some time with myself, reflecting on life. For this purpose I decided to drive back up the slopes of Olympos to the Monastery of …

Back to the mortal world

Godspeed to Olympos, Thu, 14 Sep 23
Simon at a Ruins/Excavation, Sea, UNESCO site in Europe, Greece

Today was a slow day. I got up before sunrise and spent a lot of time in the van catching up on stuff and writing. After 11, Anti and Michał joined me for a road trip. First, we visited the …

At the feet of the gods

Godspeed to Olympos, Sun, 10 Sep 23
Simon with Antigone, Edward, Michał at a Mountain, UNESCO site in Europe, Greece

10/09/2023 Today we started the hike. We walked up to the Spilios Agapitos refuge at 2050m, hung up the for some time, then did another small hike up to a viewing point. The hike itself wasn’t too hard so far, …

The lost cities of Macedonia

Godspeed to Olympos, Sat, 09 Sep 23
Simon at a Ruins/Excavation, Sea in Europe, Greece, North Macedonia

It turns out that the excavation site of the Ancient city of Stibera is just a field. There is a plate with the explanation, but no parking, and you just cross a village road, walk a bit through the field, …