The Photo-Thread

[Ferdiad]

New gaff

[Morticia Iunia Bruti]

I like the smell of Old Spice Original. Although Old Spice Captain is a little bit more exciting.

Nice apartment by the way. I like the armchair next to the oven.

Sunrise on a workday

[Ukiah]

Cherry blossoms





Same location:





Same location last year:



This is my screenshot of my GoPro footage two years ago (same tower in the distance):

[Morticia Iunia Bruti]

I like the picture with the cherry blossoms in the park.

[Ukiah]

Thanks! Here are some more cherry blossom pictures.

[paleologos]

Last Sunday (Apr-2), I did a bit of soft mountaineering with some other guys and women.
The hike was from Milies to Tsagkarada.
(Map screenshot and GoogleMaps Link below.)

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https://www.google.com/maps/@39.3586.../data=!3m1!1e3

In the Church Plaza of the village of Tsagkarada is a 1000 Y.O. plane tree.

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The tree is an important enough landmark to be marked in GoogleMaps: Link

And it was the envy of every woman in the group.

Curious: I asked if they envied it's age.

They said something about it being 1000 Y.O. for the last 70 years.

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Other images of Tsagkarada.

[paleologos]

If you liked the images above, here is some mythology and history to go with the region:

The villages of Milies and Tsagarada are in mount Pelion, home place of Endeïs, an Oreiad (mountain nymph), wife of Peleus, the two of them being the parents of the hero Acilles.

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The village named Achillio, circled at the bottom of the image is the departure point of Achilles' contingent of Myrmidons as they were going to meet the rest of the Greeks at Aulis, further south, so they would all depart together for Troy.

The orange circle east of Volos marks the position of modern Iolkos, however, ancient Iolkos home of Jason, the hero who led the expedition of the Argonauts to get the Golden Fleece, is believed to have been west of Volos, in the location named Dimini.

A little further west is Sesklo, location of what is believed to be the ruins of the earliest "urban" settlement on the continent of Europe.
(If I am mistaken about that, I am confident sumskilz will provide the fact checking.)

[Maximinus Thrax]

That plaza with the old tree looks like a great place. Less Google maps photos and more of your own stuff, please.

[Morticia Iunia Bruti]

Thanks! Here are some more cherry blossom pictures.

Really nice.

[Maximinus Thrax]

Seoul looks so... clean and civilized.

[paleologos]

That plaza with the old tree looks like a great place.
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It is not as big as the photo suggests but it is a very nice place to rest after a 5 hour hike through mountain forests (machetes were needed at a point).

Less Google maps photos...

I just wanted to show how densely the geography of the region was packed with both myth and history.

...and more of your own stuff, please.

At the time I wasn't thinking of taking too many photos of the hike, especially for uploading here, but I did take a few.

Below is a view of the westernmost Sporades (Skiathos, Skopelos, Allonisos) from the ridge of Pelion, going north.
The view would have been more majestic on a sunny day but this year's winter was somewhat drawn out, though rather mild, even for Greek standards.

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Now, I know I came out a little blurry here but it's the best photo of me that I could find.
The other one is this:

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Next week we are going to Karavoula.
(Not my photo)

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I'll try to make some nice ones for you.

[Flinn]

just wanted to share this, I love both and I love how close they became (someone said shes' his secret daughter).





As a dad myself, I'm easily moved by this kind of crap..

[Akar]

Great pics guys (except Flinns).

Ferd's place looks super cozy.