A Sojourn Through Italy and Greece

 Day 4 - Final Day in Greece First on the agenda this morning is to get our COVID test (UGH) so we can return home tomorrow. 6:45 am and we are headed to the medical facility. Ok that’s done and we’re good to go. Stopped to take a picture of the sunrise.  Beroea (or Berea) was an ancient city of the Hellenistic period and Roman Empire now known as Veria in Macedonia. This is where we spent last night.  Paul and Silas left Thessaloniki for Beroea (Veria). They walked for awhile on the Egnatia road. We walked on the Egnatia road in Philippi and have driven it the last two days. It took us about 2 1/2 hours to get from Philippi to Thessaloniki by car. Imagine walking that. It seems that Paul travelled that road in autumn, spring and winter. It’s been so hot the last few days that I can see how summer would have been miserable. However, with all the beatings and imprisonment Paul suffered, a little heat would have been the least of his worries. When I think of all he suffered...

  Day 3 Greece Our hotel My breakfast View from the breakfast dining room We are leaving Neapolis and heading to Veria today.  This area of Greece is known for white marble. It is everywhere.  Even the street curbs are white marble. When we put our feet into the Aegean Sea we were sitting on slabs of it like we would sit on rocks in the US. We passed a marble place in a small town so we stopped and Nickolaos did some talking to the men cutting the marble. Kim paid the man 5€ for a piece to bring home. It would have cost a fortune in one of the nice shops in town.  We were only 36 miles from the Bulgaria border and Kim really wanted to go so when Nickolaos asked if we wanted to, he said yes! Then we started talking about what we might need to get back into Greece and Nickolaos wasn’t sure. There were just too many questions so we decided not to take a chance.  Stopped in Amphipolis to see the lion. This thing was huge and was only the top portion of a mausoleum. ...