[August, 2011] The last highlight of the Ancient Macedonia tour was this Rila Monastery in Bulgaria. It has to be the last, otherwise, we would not be impressed by all other churches and monasteries if we…

[August, 2011] When we stayed in Bansko, Bulgaria, they happened to have the Opera Festival. At 9pm, it started at the open air theatre. It was really a proper opera performance with the real orchestra, though…

[August, 2011] This is Church of Holy Trinity in Bansko, Bulgaria. It is totally different from those we have seen in Bulgaria, Macedonia and Greece in this tour, which were full of icons. This one looked…

[August, 2011] With the Ancient Macedonia tour, we came back to Bulgaria and stayed one night in Bansko. This town is developing as a ski resort. The renovated old houses are used as restaurants and…

[August, 2011] In the Ancient Macedonia tour, the last place we visited in Greece was this Philippi, a town established by Philippos2. Alexander the Great is well known by everybody, but in this tour, his father…

[August, 2011] There are a lot to see in Thassos Island in Greece, but on the day we were there with the Ancient Macedonia tour, we decided to relax on the beach and have a good…

[August, 2011] We stayed 2 nights in Kavala, a town which is in northern Greece. It is small but very lively town. But it was very hot and humid even in the night, and I was…

[ Aug.2011 ] When we took the boat to go around  Athos peninsula in Greece, we saw one Father with female religious group. He started giving some pieces of bread or something to seagulls flying…

[August, 2011] Mt.Athos in Greece and surrounding peninsula is really a strange place with as many as 20 monasteries and nothing else. On top of that no women can enter this area in this 21st century….