Edessa, Greece

... the site of Aristotle's school when he taught Alexander the Great when Alexander and his companions were in their early teens. Edessa is a good-size town at the edge of the western Macedonian mountains and is known for its waterfalls. It ought to ...

... to have himself painted in the place of honour in a fresco on his father's tomb; after everything I've seen now in Greece about burial customs, I'm absolutely certain of it. So why are the figures arranged as they are? Here's a pic, not mine, ...

We ventured into the Greek province of Macedonia.

Med et gammelt gammelt bumletog som foerte os langt op i bjergene kom vi til Edessa - en lille hyggelig by, mewd blot 16.000 indbyggere. Byens hovedattraktion, vandfaldet, lokkede os herop, det viste sig dog at vaere en anelse mindre end vi lige havde ...