Blogs from Vergina, Central Macedonia, Greece, Europe

Can things continue to go wrong? Oh yes they can. Upon returning from paying for our night stop I heard a buzzing. A loud one much louder than the bees humming in the trees picking up nectar for this years honey crop.It was coming from Suzy. To be precise it was coming from Snoopy the sat nav. It gave up. It died a death and refused to work. We were lucky. Only a few weeks ago we managed to buy a new Sally Sat Nag so she had to come into play. Typically the one we need with Camperstops in has packed in. I also needed to be vigilant as Sally does not take Suzy's vital statistics so my job involved looking for narrow roads before we got to them and avoiding low bridges. We feel ... read more

Today I took a day trip to the museum that houses the tombs of Alexander the Greats father and son. It is a cool place - the museum is actually built around the actual tombs, so they are in situ. There were no photos allowed, however, so none of the coolness is shown here. It was a long day trip for somewhere so close - the bus connections were bad. I had to take a bus to the bus station (30 min). Got right on the bus to Veria (60 min). Had an hour wait for the bus to Vergina (about 40 min). I was dropped off practically at the museum, so that was easy, but I'm glad I had asked in Veria about buses back, as there were not many. I arrived at 12pm and ... read more

From Austin and Lily: We have been traveling extensively for the last few days. We saw many sites and views. Two days ago, we saw the city of Volos and the small villages high in the mountains next to it. Our lunch consisted of Tzaziki, bread, cucumber salad at 2pm. Most stores close between 2-5pm, when people eat their lunch. The stores reopen between 5-9pm, and they have dinner at 9pm. ---- Today, we visited Mt Olympus and hiked for 5 hours. There was snow on top of the 9000 foot peaks, but we didn’t make it to snow level. Our “school lessons” were received in view of the mountain, and for science we talked about how mountains form and the different types. I was looking forward to seeing Aries, the God of War, on a ... read more

Április 1-én reggel ismét útnak idultunk Thessalonikből, hogy felfedezzük Görörgország szépségeit. Ezúttal azonban csak ketten ültünk a kocsiban, mert Szilvi úgy döntött, hogy nem jön el velünk, inkább tanul. Most nem kelet, hanem nyugat felé vettük az irányt, első megállónk Vergina volt. Vergina a macedón királyság első fővárosa volt, és miután a főváros Pella lett, akkor is Vergina maradt a királyok temetkezési helye. II. Philippost pedig itt gyilkolták meg Kr.e. 336-ban a lánya esküvőjén. Az itt található múzeum az egyik leghíresebb és legdrágább is, a felnőtt jegy 6 euró volt, a paszóval (görög diák) ingyenes volt, lehet hogy nemzetközi diákkal is be lehet jutni ingyen. A múzeum egy földkupacra (tumulus) épült, amely alatt a királysírok találhatók. 4 sírt tártak fel teljesen, közűlük a 2. majdnem teljesen biztosan II. Philipposé, mely egészen 1977-ig érintetlenül fe... read more