Gardens & Ruins

At the beginning of the year, my wife and I took a short trip to Athens. It was only a two-day trip to complete all the formalities for our UK visa application, but it was our first real trip to Athens in almost three years of living in Greece.

Yesterday, I went hiking up Mount Olympus. The trail was about ten kilometers long with 900 meters of elevation gain, most of which occurred in the first two hours. Everything was shrouded in dense fog, and the humidity was so high that I even gave up on the idea of using my film camera. For about five hours, I concentrated on walking — trying not to trip or fall — climbing, and observing.