Thermi

berries the color of rust

mama dog with her young dog pups

view of Thessaloniki and sea

view to the sea

Toumba Thermi (an Iron Age tell)

greenery

Ano Poli

How to Make a Really Big Pot

first a disc is made for the base, then 2 large coils are smoothed on

start up the wheel to shape and thin out the walls

He makes his own clay from claybed sources in the surrounding mountains

Meet Giannis, Paliambela's traditional potter and the butane torch he uses to speed up this process for demonstrations

another coil, some more wheel turning

using a tool to help shape

potter as shaman

another coil makes a shoulder

finicky shaping

3 coils later we've reached the neck and rim

oh yeah, he's good.

Thessaloniki

sunset over the bay

Slice

this particular building appears to be abandoned on the top floor, used for storage on the middle floor, and a commercial enterprise on the ground

Celebrations

each graduation ceremony left behind this sparkle on the university front steps

the last church i took a look at in Thessaloniki

Vista

Tales of Heros

Embedded

deep beneath street level

on the street

...oh

By-gone grandeur

Hanging out

on top of a church

the ruins tell you the building was beautiful-Haghia Sofia