From Macedonia we cut through a one hour corner of Bulgaria and then into Greece. Not a very event ful day. In the evening it was a bit tricky to find a camping spot, stupid barking dogs everywhere. Finally we asked for permission to camp in the big yard of a house on the edge of a small town. Marinos, the owner, was very welcoming, even said we could camp on the patio, gave us water and ended up making a beautiful dinner for us with heaps of spaghetti and greek farmer salad from his garden. Wow so good. Marinos spoke English and some German so communication was no problem.
THANK YOU MARINOS FOR THE GREAT EVENING AND THE SAFE CAMPING SPOT. IT WAS REALLY NICE TO MEET YOU!!! ALL THE BEST.
Next morning we rode town towards Amfipolis to see the stone lion. Beside the road there were numerous giant thistles which just called to be photographed. While we were there a camera friendly shepherd and his large herd if sheep came along the gravel path among the thistles. I dont know why but the sight of a shepherd and his herd is so amazing for me. I guess it reminds me of a more simple life, peaceful and pastoral yet tiring and hard.
I cannot remember all of what the plaque by the lion said about its history but it is a kind of memorial statue built in the honour of some general many hundreds of years ago. The original lion was destroyed a long time ago but large pieces of it were rediscovered which led to the reconstruction of the current statue.
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