Ossios Loukas

Trip Start Sep 07, 2008
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Trip End Dec 09, 2008


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Flag of Greece  , Attica,
Monday, November 17, 2008

It feels like we just got back from our last excursion to the Peloponnese, and here we are leaving again, this time for two days in Delphi (del-FEE). The cold mist of the morning hung over the mountains as we drove north through the Attic peninsula.

We started at the monastery of Ossios Loukas. Loukas was a holy man who founded a Greek Orthodox church in the first century CE after spending a few years living on a small platform at the top of a column. Following his death, his fellow monks expanded the monastery and dedicated it to his memory. It's an exquisite example of Byzantine architecture and art situated in the midst of gorgeous countryside.
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mumz
mumz on Nov 20, 2008 at 01:55AM

Beauty-Everywhere!!
OMG--- I can't stand it any longer!!! How do you sleep at night knowing there's more out there to see? Oh,you lucky dog! And all of those cats! I cry for joy that you my dear are living such a gifted life. Missing you, you're so far away. Love mumz

tiara316
tiara316 on Nov 22, 2008 at 07:04PM

JK!
I don't know what's better... my mom's good advice about appreciating beauty, or her use of OMG.

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