Sunday to Friday S ix days with five nights in three monasteries and one skiti (a collection of individual houses that form a monastic community). Two reachable only by sea. The timeline above is where I slept. The images below are an initial – and random...
… back in Thessaloniki L ike the land of Narnia, visitors to Mount Athos can spend a lifetime in the forests, castles and monasteries but back in the other world it only counts as moments or days. I’ve been to a timeless land that draws the wounded and...
… slowing down T his afternoon I arrived in Ouranoupoli, the gateway to Mount Athos, and have fallen into a communications black hole. Seems there’s only one internet cafe in town and to get onto its only computer you have to wait until the local guy...
… getting to the mount Getting from Athens to Mount Athos isn’t quite planes, trains and automobiles but it does take a bit of travelling. Tonight I’m in Thessaloniki, the working-class party city compared to the slow-motion decay of Athens....
… yet another pin-up of old stones I realize this is verging on ruin porn but the Acropolis is stunning at night and since I leave Athens tomorrow for Thessaloniki, this is my final chance to swoon over this remarkable sight as seen from the rooftop of my...
I ‘m going to the mountain on Sunday. Despite an earlier refusal, I now have one of the places for Mount Athos available to non-Orthodox men. More to come…
