On Thursday I made a photography post with my purple-haired troll in the snow. As I mentioned in the comments, some photos were taken at a military ski resort. In case you were wondering, this is how the story goes...

A few weeks ago a friend, @trumpman and I visited a military camp on Mt Olympus with free access to the public. The base is a special forces camp, manned with a few soldiers and offers the ability to stay in one of the log cabin within its premices. There you can also find a small ski resort (no rental ski equipment though, you need to bring your own). 

As you can see from the photos, the "resort" is really basic, almost military frugal  😋 

But the views are simply breathtaking, don't you agree?

Visitors need to bring ID documents to be admitted and non-greek citizens need to contact the Hellenic Army General Staff at least one day in advance in order to ask for permission to enter. 

At the entrance we were greeted by two soldiers, handed out our IDs, one of them put our names down in the visitors' log and then we were all free to get inside and head to the military cafe and restaurant place ran by the soldiers of the camp. 

Photos were not allowed in all areas, but after our lunch with souvlakia and beers (yes our soldiers know how to barbecue!), we got outside and headed upwards to see the ski resort, which was closed because spring time had already hit!

On the way you will find a monument in good memory of Major Ioannis Paparrodou who served in WWII.

Moving farther up, not much you can see, just a simple ski lift that gets you to the top of the hill where you can ski down the snow-covered slopes.

Are you jealous?

No? How about now?

Is it me, or this cloud looks like a white, puffy heart?

After a nice breathe-in-breathe-out, get-stoned-at-the view session, it was time to go home  ☹️ 

Oh! Look, my friend even got a souvenir mug from up there...

On the way down, the scenery changed colors, white tops gave way to green plains and distant hills.

We were also confronted with a bull and his harem...

See the look he is giving at us? Ready to defend his girls against anyone who tries to harm them, a real gentleman!

Baaaah! And some goats! 

I hope you enjoyed today's trip! To the ones close to the area I strongly suggest paying this place a visit in winter (if you are good at driving turning, snowy mountain roads). To the ones far away all I can say is... have you turned green with envy yet or do you need some more shots?  😈  😈  😈 

Enjoy!

      

This cloud almost bent to kiss the snowy top, I think it mistook it for another cloud 😋 

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*All images by @ruth-girl

 

Thank you so much for your time!

Until my next post,
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