Monday, November 24, 2008

Portaria - the orgy of nature


Business or pleasure? Hard to say, really, when I visit such beautiful places for the needs of my work. Portaria is is one of the 24 villages of Mt. Pelion.


The village is on an altitude of approximately 600 meters, overlooking the city of Volos.





Aside from the breathtaking view it offers, Portaria is surrounded by a forest of impressive beauty.


Please follow me to the Centaurs path, through this amazing forest.





Let me tell you something more. There is no "nature" in any of the mortals, neither an end with a ghastly death. There is just a coupling - and the succession of those who coupled. People, however, call this "nature". Empedocles











In Autumn nature dies, with grace and dignity.


After a demanding route in the wild, some well-deserved rest.








Chestnuts.


Taking my way back down to the village.





The fight between the forest and the village houses.


November sun. More rare than the summer sun, therefore more appreciated.


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Through some new constructed houses


to the village's main square


and the main street


with some local food on sale.





On my way back, everything just looked better than before.

3 comments:

Andriy said...

Did you meet centaur? What I like so much about Greece - is that every region has some "artifacts" in ancient mythology. This is really amazing.

jorge said...

I just met a guy with two girls at the beginning of the path. One of the girl was wearing high heels, so even though she was walking like a centaur, she couldn't go far. :)

mmabs said...

your country is so beautiful Jorge. i love the peacefulness in these imgages.