Happy dogs

While i was wandering around a remote beach, about 20 kilometers away from home, thinking how strangely isolated the place was, a happy bunch of noisy dogs came to break the silence. Few miles away, their owner appeared in the distance.

Now the scenery had been completed, cause beauty can't stand alone for long...

Ok yeah I'll tell you, we are at Epanomi, a coastal village in eastern Thessaloniki.

It's all about the sea

 

It's always about the sea, either you look straight into the blue, or you turn your head to the other side.

Leaving in a coastal city seams that everybody is attached to the sea. 

But has it been always like that?

The answer is, no. 

Citizens of Thessaloniki were not aficionados of the water in the past. 

Strange right? 

Not so strange if we take a look back in the history.

See that tall stone tower in the picture? 

This building used to be a prison during the days of Turkish occupation. 

Countless people till 1912 had been tortured and killed inside those heavy walls.

Moreover citizens were not able to see the sea at all. 

A gigantic fortress was running along the coast, isolating the city from the rest world.

Just during the past few decades locals managed to redefine their relationship with the water.

And believe me, despite of all the past traumas, this part of the planet is really peaceful.

You will never see those waters angry no matter how bad the weather is.

Only the fog will blur your sight during the rainy days...