Today we set off on the final stage of our travel to Thessaloniki. Travelling on the freeway, we had spectacular views of snow covered Mt Olympus. We stopped for our coffee break and took a group photo with Mt Olympus in our close background.
We travelled on to Vergina and stopped to visit the spectacular tomb of King Phillip of Macedonia, the father of Alexander the Great. This great archaeological discovery in 1977 contains the tombs and magnificent treasures of the King and his family.
We were astonished at the treasures in gold and a wide range of weapons and objects in the tomb. A very exciting experience.
Our guide, Marianne, as always, gave us a wonderful commentary on the tomb.After an enjoyable Greek lunch, nearby in Veria, we walked to a historic site of a Jewish synagogue. On this site of a much earlier synagogue, Paul, the Apostle apostle preached and as stated in the book of Acts 17:10-15, received a positive hearing.
How amazing to see such a close connection to Paul. We then walked on to the monument in Veria, which has beautiful Byzantine mosaics of St Paul preaching in the town.St Paul departed from Veria to travel to Thessaloniki, then on to Athens.
We finally arrived in Thessaloniki about 5.30pm to view the harbour where Paul left to go to Athens.
Peter Naughtin, St Timothy Forest Hill