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Argithea district: where mobile networks are out of reach

These are some pictures taken in late October 2002, during my short visit to our country house - my father's birthplace, which he has restored. It is located in a very small, remote village in the Argithea district, in western central Greece. The village, nestled in the Southern Pindus mountains, 1000 meters above sea level, is practically uninhabited from late autumn until early spring and all mobile networks are completely out of range there, making it a perfect retreat for a weekend or longer.
Home sweet home
Home sweet home		 Walls of stone, hearts of fire
Walls of stone, hearts of fire		 Back of the house
Back of the house
Mountains all around, from East...
Mountains all around, from East...		 ...to West!
...to West!		 Green cliffhangers
Green cliffhangers
Blue, Green and Yellow
Blue, Green and Yellow		 Fir tree in the front yard - the home heraldry
Fir tree in the front yard - the home heraldry		 A family with trunk and branches...
A family with trunk and branches...
...and the infants migrate to the back yard!
...and the infants migrate to the back yard!		 Some camouflage...
Some camouflage...		 ...before nipping the lotus.
...before nipping the lotus.
Autumn Leaves are red...
Autumn Leaves are red...		 ...and roses are pink...
...and roses are pink...		 ...so let's head to the north for some green!
...so let's head to the north for some green!
Green fir, yellow plane... yet side by side
Green fir, yellow plane... yet side by side		 Used to be a lively passage once...
Used to be a lively passage once...		 Quench your thirst...
Quench your thirst...
...and relax your sight...
...and relax your sight...		 ...because you'll still have the same feeling of Exile on Main Street.
...because you'll still have the same feeling of Exile on Main Street.		 Light my fire in St. Mark's church...
Light my fire in St. Mark's church...
...and then you can ring my bell!
...and then you can ring my bell!		 Main plaza...
Main plaza...		 ...and only shop...
...and only shop...
...still operating on a scale like this.
...still operating on a scale like this.		 Lonely thoughts...
Lonely thoughts...		 ...under a letter box that never welcomes letters anymore.
...under a letter box that never welcomes letters anymore.
The old monastery waves you bye-bye
The old monastery waves you bye-bye

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Stelios Kofos 18-Aug-2006 17:02
Geia sou Sotiri. Opws katalaba apo tis foto prepei na eisai apo to Katousi (Metamorfwsi) Anthirou. Kai mallon prepei na eisai gios tou Nonta Mplatsi. An einai ontws etsi kai den kanw lathos tote mallon eimaste kai siggeneis.Oi fotografies einai para polu wraies kai xarika para polu otan tis eida. Apla tha ithela na sou pw oti tha itan akoma kalutera an eleges oti i fotografies autes einai apo to xwrio Anthiro kai sigkekrimena apo ton oikismo Metamorfwsi i Katousi, kai oxi apla apo ena xwrio stin Argithea.
Yiannis Pavlis06-Mar-2004 04:51
nice photos but you can use some photoshop
Ilias Chantzakos (Elias Hantzakos)11-Nov-2002 14:20
Poly omorfes fwtografies Sotiri. Ena 8ema toso syni8ismeno (oloi mas exoume ena katsikoxwri :-), alla me to atou tis apomonwsis sti sygkekrimeni periptwsi, kai... me poly exypno sxoliasmo stis lezantes!
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