It had been a while since we headed for a Top Summit. Between Ben Nevis and this expedition to Mount Olympus, a pandemic has passed through which has limited the mobility of humanity for a period of 2 years. We take this trip with great enthusiasm and with Òscar we plan a mix of trips in which we will travel between Classical Greece and the wildest Greece with the intention of reaching Mount Olympus, which at 2,918 meters is the highest point in the country.

We landed in Athens and for a practical matter we will start our “tour” in this city. I find it a sad, decadent and dirty city with multiple “graffiti” on the walls of the buildings as well as very chaotic and stressful when driving. The strong economic crisis in the country and the policies of economic restriction and control applied by the European Union in recent years are intuited and made clear by observing people and the little optimism they spread. On the other hand, we were pleasantly surprised by the authentically Mediterranean local cuisine and we really enjoyed local dishes such as “musaka” or “baklava”. Of what is strictly our cultural visit in the city, nothing to highlight beyond the visit to the “Acropolis” and the rest of the historical sites that remind us that Greece was a power at the time; very far from where we are now. We say goodbye to the day with a dinner on the terrace of our hotel that has privileged views of the historical complex of the city that presents an illuminated version at night.

The second day of our trip leaves the capital of the country behind and we head to the north of the country, near Thessaloniki, specifically to Prionia. It takes almost 5 hours of driving across the country to reach the point that will be the beginning of our excursion that we have scheduled in 2 days.