After our visit to Pella, we headed drove through Macedonia towards the mountains. These are agricultural lands with many orchards and fields.
For lunch, we stopped in the town of Edessa, which was up the mountain from the plain. Potentially the even more ancient capital of Macedonia, it was an important link in the ancient world as it controlled the
Via Egnatia, one of the great Roman roads that linked the ancient world. In the early 20th century it became an industrial center as its water was harnessed for textile factories. It now largely serves as a tourist center for Macedonia and an administrative center.
The view from our restaurant:
Lunch was an eggplant moussaka sort of thing. Very delicious.
After lunch, we walked down a trail by the falls of Edessa overlooking the Macedonian Plain.
No lack of rainfall when you visited, very green. Will have to disagree with you TB, eggplant and delicious are two words that DON'T go together in the same sentence.
ReplyDeleteNylon12, much of Greece was much greener than I had anticipated (the North especially).
DeleteI, too, would have said that eggplant and delicious would not go together. I have made an exception for authentic Greek Moussaka.
Beautiful & refreshing. And now I'm hungry....not a good way to start my trek to work...Thank you for sharing, though!
ReplyDelete~hobo (from the parched SW)
Hobo, it was stunning. I had never heard of this place before we left. Greece is full of places like that, small places which most "tourists" will have never heard of but are stunningly beautiful.
DeleteGod's creation is amazing. Thank you, TB.
ReplyDeleteYou all be safe and God bless.
It is indeed, Linda. Full of marvels.
DeleteEverything looks so lush and green. Love the waterfalls. And I'm glad to see some Greek cuisine!
ReplyDeleteLeigh, it was much more so in the North. When I think of "Mediterranean Climates", I think of dry and brown 50% of the year. Turns out I was wrong.
DeleteI should include more food pictures. The food was quite amazing and I cannot think of a single bad meal we had.