Strandpromenaden - "I
Paralia"
er fin og
man kan beundre mange flotte båter!
Deilig å sitte der i solen å
sløve med en øl eller frappè!
Mer norsk litt lenger ned!
The waterfront - "Ee
Paralia"
is lovely and
one can admire many different boats!
Very nice to sit there and see the world pass by with
a beer or a frappè!
Argo, Jasons ship, in Volos port
"Jason (Gresk:
Ιάσων, Etruskisk:
Easun) er en gresk
mytologisk helt som ledet argonautene
i letingen etter det
gylne skinn (med Argo) i årene før den
trojanske krigen.
Hans far var Aison,
den rettmessige kongen av Iolkos.
Pelias,
den maktsyke halvbroren til Aison, hadde styrtet Aison og tatt
over som konge av Iolkos
i Thessalia.
Han hadde blitt advart av et orakel
mot «en mann med én sko», og en dag han så sin nevø Jason
med bare én sandal (han hadde mistet den andre da han krysset
en elv), sendte han ham avgårde for å finne det gylne skinn, i
håp om at Jason ville miste livet i forsøket.
Jason fikk følge av noen av de fremste
heltene i det gamle Hellas, argonautene.
Antallet argonauter varierer i mytologien mellom 40 og 55."
wikipedia
More English;
Jason (Greek:
Ἰάσων, Iásōn) was a late ancient
Greek mythological
hero, famous as the leader of the Argonauts
and their quest for the Golden
Fleece (with Argo). He was the son of Aeson,
the rightful king of Iolcus.
He was married to the sorceress Medea.
Jason appeared in various
literature in the classical
world of Greece and Rome, including the epic poem Argonautica
and tragedian play, Medea.
In the modern world, Jason has emerged as a character in various
adaptations of his myths, such as the film Jason
and the Argonauts.
Jason has connections outside
of the classical world, as he is seen as being the mythical
founder of the city of Ljubljana,
the capital of Slovenia.
Wikipedia
Just outside of town on the road
to Athens, I think it is called Alikes.
Worth a visit;
The
Athanassakeion Archaeological Museum - Volos
Open 8.30 a.m. -
3 p.m. Closed on Mondays.
Free entrance on Sundays, - 2 Euros.
From the Wikipedia;
"Volos
(Greek:
Βόλος) is a city situated at the center
of the Greek
mainland,
about 326 km north from Athens
and 215 km south from Thessaloniki.
It is the capital of the Magnesia
prefecture."
"Built at the innermost
point of the Pagasetic
Gulf and at the foot of Mount Pilio
or Pelion
(the land of the Centaurs),
Volos is the only outlet towards the sea from Thessaly,
the country's largest agricultural region. With a population of
around 200,000, it is an important industrial centre, while its
port provides a bridge between Europe,
the Middle
East and Asia.
Volos is the third of Greece's major commercial ports, but also
gains significant traffic because of its connection by ferry and
hydrofoil with the nearby Sporades
Islands, which include Skiathos,
Skopelos
and Alonissos.
There are also connections to Limnos,
Lesvos,
Chios
and Skyros.
Volos is the most recent of
the Greek port cities, with a remarkably large proportion of
modern buildings, erected in the wake of the catastrophic
earthquakes of 1955, and including the municipalities
of Volos, Nea
Ionia and Iolkos,
as well as smaller suburban
communities. The economy of the city is based on manufacturing,
trade, services and tourism, and with its improved
infrastructure the city is increasingly dynamic. Home to the University
of Thessaly, one of the most important in country, the city
also offfers a wide range of facilities for the organization of
conferences, exhibitions and major cultural and scientific
events, together with international-standard sporting amenities.
Volos participated in the Olympic
Games, and as an Olympic City it helped to present a new
face of contemporary Greece to a world audience. The city has
also since played host to a succession of athletic events, such
as the European Athletic Championships.
It will host the 2013 Mediterranean
Games."
Street dogs in Volos are mostly
looked well after.
Born in Volos;
"Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou
(born March 29, 1943; Greek:
Ευάγγελος
Οδυσσέας
Παπαθανασίου, is a Greek
composer
of electronic,
progressive,
ambient
and orchestral
music, under the artist
name Vangelis
(a diminutive of Evangelos). He is best known for his Academy
Award winning score for the film Chariots
of Fire, and scores for the films Blade
Runner and
1492:
Conquest of Paradise.
Vangelis began his professional musical career
working with several popular bands of the 1960s such as The
Forminx and Aphrodite's
Child, with the latter's album 666
going on to be recognized as a psychedelic
"classic".[2]
In the 1970s, Vangelis formed a musical partnership with Jon
Anderson, the lead singer of progressive rock band Yes,
and the duo went on to release several albums together under the
alias Jon
& Vangelis. Towards the end of the 1970s, Vangelis
composed music
scores for several animal documentaries, including Opéra
sauvage; the success of these scores brought him into
the film scoring mainstream. In 1981, he composed the score for
the Oscar-winning film Chariots
of Fire. The soundtrack's single, "Titles",
won Vangelis the Academy
Award for Best Original Music Score and also reached the top
of the American Billboard.
In a career spanning over 49 years, writing
and composing more than 40 albums,
Vangelis is generally regarded by music
critics as one of the greatest composers of electronic
music of all time."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vangelis
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Close to the railwaystation ...
"Volos (Gresk:
Βόλος, Vólos) er en by i Thessalia
periferi
i Hellas,
og hovedstad i Magnesia
prefektur.
Byen er et sentrum for jordbruk og et kommunikasjonsknutepunkt,
forbundet via jernbane med havnebyen Thessaloniki,
(Salonika) og Athen."
Født i Volos;
"Vangelis
(gresk
Βαγγέλης),
egentlig Evangelos Odysseas Papathanasiou (gresk
Ευάγγελος
Οδυσσέας
Παπαθανασίου),
født 29.
mars 1943
i Volos,
Hellas
er en gresk musiker
som i 1968
startet bandet Aphrodite's
Child sammen med Demis
Roussos og Loukas
Sideras. Da bandet ble oppløst i 1971
startet han som solo artist og komponist. Vangelis har
produsert hovedsakelig innenfor den elektronisk
musikk og synthmusikken
siden denne sjangerens gjennombrudd på 1970-tallet.
Sammen med Jean
Michel Jarre er Vangelis en forgrunnsfigur innen
elektronisk musikk, og da særlig den melodiøse delen av
denne sjangeren. Han har i sin solokarriere hatt mange
vellykkede samarbeidsprosjekter, blant annet med vokalisten
Jon
Anderson fra gruppen Yes
i duoen Jon
& Vangelis.
Han fikk Oscar
for filmmusikken til filmene Chariots
of Fire, Blade
Runner og 1492:
Conquest of Paradise. Han komponerte også hymnen til VM
i fotball 2002."
www.wikipedia.no
Volos er også
kjent for sine Tzipouradikos / Ouzerias;
Her er 100-vis
av steder der man drikker ouzo eller tzipouro med meze til.
Herlig, - man kan få vann og eller vin til også!
Volos is also
know for its Tziporadikos / Ouserias;
Here are 100s of places where one can
drink ouzo or tzipouro with meze.
Lovely, -one can also drink wine or something else with it.
"Vårt" hotel Aegli Palace
- det ligger på strandpromenaden ved
havnen
hvor båtene kommer og går til Sporadene!
Flott utsikt
fra front rommene!
Skikkelig frokostbuffet!
Hotellet moderniseres stadig vekk, men det beholder
sin noe gammeldags stil!
