{"id":656,"date":"2018-04-28T16:36:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-28T16:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travels.x10.bz\/wp\/?p=656"},"modified":"2022-07-08T20:06:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T00:06:30","slug":"pelion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/28\/pelion\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelion!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Legend has it that this mountain was the summer resort of the Gods of Olympus.<\/p>\n<p>We see why as it&#8217;s so beautiful here. Our base is the village of <strong>Afissos<\/strong>&#8211;our hotel is on a hillside above the <strong>Pagasitikos Gulf. <\/strong>The Aegean Sea is just over the mountain.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2272.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-651 size-full\" height=\"3024\" width=\"4032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2272.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2272-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2272-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2272-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2272-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2272-750x563.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This morning we visited the Saturday morning market in <strong>Argalasti<\/strong>. We bought a small wooden cutting board from a local craftsman with a happy smile.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2280.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-652\" height=\"4032\" width=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2280.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2280-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2280-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2280-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2280-750x1000.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wishing we could bring home a boatload of local olive oil and honey.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2276.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-653 size-full\" height=\"4032\" width=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2276.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2276-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2276-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2276-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2276-750x1000.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The town square in Argalasti is a great place to relax.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2288.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-654\" height=\"4032\" width=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2288.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2288-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2288-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2288-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2288-750x1000.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many roads in the Pelion region are narrow and curvy. I&#8217;m grateful for Larry&#8217;s nerves of steel&#8211;he&#8217;s doing an amazing job of driving!<\/p>\n<p>We are excited to explore here&#8211;we&#8217;re enjoying the beautiful seascapes and lush flowers!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2297.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-655\" height=\"3024\" width=\"4032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2297.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2297-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2297-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2297-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2297-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2297-750x563.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2292.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-658 size-full\" height=\"3024\" width=\"4032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2292.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2292-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2292-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2292-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2292-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2292-750x563.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legend has it that this mountain was the summer resort of the Gods of Olympus. We see why as it&#8217;s so beautiful here. Our base is the village of Afissos&#8211;our hotel is on a hillside above the Pagasitikos Gulf. The Aegean Sea is just over the mountain. This morning we visited the Saturday morning market &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/28\/pelion\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pelion!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-northern-greece"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2880,"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656\/revisions\/2880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}