{"id":1036,"date":"2017-07-29T15:02:55","date_gmt":"2017-07-29T14:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juliusrontgen.info\/?page_id=1036"},"modified":"2017-11-09T12:12:12","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T11:12:12","slug":"page14-my-journey2006-to-greece-and-mount-olymp-continued-and-my-journey-back-via-dion-and-saloniki","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/juliusrontgen.info\/?page_id=1036","title":{"rendered":"Page14 Theme page for the year 2016\/2017 My journey2006 to Greece and Mount Olymp. (Continued) and my journey back to the Netherlands via Dion and Saloniki."},"content":{"rendered":"
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a few days rest in Elassona.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Dion.<\/a>

Dion. Ancient Greek atheletic campground.<\/p><\/div>\n

After reaching the top of mount Olymp its interesting to see the rough landscape around high above sea level. After visiting Elassona I went on my own to the next goal: the monasteries of Meteora,<\/p>\n

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Landscape direction Mount Olymp.<\/p><\/div>\n

where I should join the group with long distance walkers again. In the harsh landscape of the rocks of Meteora Greek Monks searched for a hide against the Turks…. with success. I visited the cloister of saint\u00a0Nicholas there. But entering such a cloister one should one thing to keep bearing in mind: You ar entering awholy ground.<\/p>\n

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Keep one thing in mind :\u00a0 entering a monastery\u00a0you are entering\u00a0\u00a0holy ground.<\/p><\/div>\n

The last day before our trip ended and several longdistance walkers went back to Holland we\u00a0had for the last time dinner\u00a0in a typical Greek restaurant. Waiting for the train from Kslabaka to Larissa and futher to Dion.<\/p>\n

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the train to Larissa.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Railroadstation of Kalabaka.<\/p><\/div>\n

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plaquette on the train to Larissa.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Taverna\u00a0I Gardenia Meteora.<\/p><\/div>\n

Via Kalabaka and Larissa I went back to Dion.<\/p>\n

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Map of the excavations in Dion.<\/p><\/div>\n

In Dion I have visited the excavations and the exhibition of the remnants of the Roman Bath<\/p>\n

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Dion. rest of a Roman mosaic in the Roman Bathhouse.<\/p><\/div>\n

and the Greek athletic campgrounds (the Stadium). On the day I went from Dion back to Thessalon\u00edki the first snow was fallen on the top of Mount Olymp. see picture. This page updated November 9, 2017<\/p>\n

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Mount Olymp the first snow of 2006.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Last main dinner in Meteora<\/p><\/div>\n

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the entry to the\u00a0Monastery of saint Nicholas\u00a0Meteora.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Going to the busstop Grevena Meteora.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The rough tops around Mount Olymp.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hut G from the top of Mount Olymp.<\/p><\/div>\n

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the rough surroundings of Mount Olymp 2917 metres<\/p><\/div>\n

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New clouds for the mightiest god of Ancient Greek culture Zeus.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Julius sitting on “the Throne of “Zeus”<\/p><\/div>\n

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the clouds beneath the top of Mount Olymp.<\/p><\/div>\n

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After reaching the top of mount Olymp its interesting to see the rough landscape around high above sea level. After visiting Elassona I went on my own to the next goal: the monasteries of Meteora, where I should join the group with long distance walkers again. In the harsh landscape of the rocks of Meteora […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/juliusrontgen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1036"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/juliusrontgen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/juliusrontgen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/juliusrontgen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/juliusrontgen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1036"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/juliusrontgen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1079,"href":"http:\/\/juliusrontgen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1036\/revisions\/1079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/juliusrontgen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}