The place I am walking at the moment is definitely among the best ones. What a lovely neighbourhood is this! And how Greek its name sounds "Sankt Johannis". I am told they even have the same custom as we do in Hellas when celebrating this Saint by jumping the fire. Small world isn't it?
There used to be a time that kids around here were evolving their talent in football but seems like it's been a while since the last time they did so:
Do they still enjoy their sweet neighbourhood or they take it for granted that it is what it is? I guess the latter but haven't met any yet as that's my first minutes around here.
Have a look and judge for yourself:
And just a block away it feels like walking in the woods with the exception of the main road that goes through:
The bend you saw on the road above goes over "Red Main", the local river:
The soothing colours this area provides during this walk are hard to describe and even harder to capture in the absence of a bright sunny day and proper gear but I guess/hope you can get an idea at least:
The next group of houses are also far from unlucky as you can see:
And this ladies and gents is my walking speed cause... yes, they seem to take a lot of pride when they manufacture speed radars here as they are pretty accurate and detective:
The local biergarten takes its name from Eremitage:
Eremitage is a local attraction that I can't wait to explore but this time I skip both and continue my walk as I have to visit a supermarket ASAP. This leads me through the rest of the town which remains cute:
The location of this basket says a lot about the local traffic:
There's a train line too:
No train in sight,
So I walk on. You know my feelings towards old houses by now I guess. Especially empty ones. This one is a great find:
And what a view it has!
URBEXing with an empty stomach is not recommended so I leave this for now.
I'm out shopping in order to make it less empty so now at the view of this it feels even emptier:
Everybody loves strawberries right? So I think to myself "I'll make a stop on my way back to get some". However, as I greet the old lady at this kiosk see gives me a very sour face and sound back. Combined with nobody around shopping here I thought I'd probably just pass it.
You might have noticed that big building/complex in the background. It hosts the local hotel and a wellness center among other things:
It takes a short pleasant walk in green to get closer:
And when I do I realise it also hosts a pharmacy ("Apotheke") which is great news as I need one:
I'm looking for eye drops and I carry the empty container with me as I speak no German to explain what I need. Turns out I don't have to as the guy who works there is speaking English almost fluently and also is exceptionally kind. I tell him to give me anything similar he has but does the extra mile to find me the exact same one. Additionally, he spends time to explain me that any differences I see in the package have only to do with the latest version of it and are strictly about the design, not the job it does. How awesome! Not the price though but that's not the employee's fault. In Greece this thing is already expensive but here it costs 50% more!
Eye drops check, supermarket is next and as I'm done it's time to take the pleasant walk back though now I'm hungry and tired after a few hundreds of km and a walk of another few km.
Green helps me stay happy:
It doesn't help the strawberry lady as much so I pass her cute kiosk which looks even cutier with the sun on my back this time:
Bye old house, you definitely deserve some time but not this time:
The sun doesn't help me picture this slope though:
Looking at this I hear Jimi Hendrix's stoned voice in my head saying "Loneliness is such a drag...":
In through this cute group of houses:
And out in the vegetation again. A young tree gets a much needed support:
While an old one is dead and gone:
I could caption this one "Not only in Athens":
I let my eyes bath during in this view:
Long time since this property was visited:
There's several pedestrian/cycling tracks around here and as you can see they lead you to nice routes:
I have no bicycle with me and I am a very tired pedestrian already so I just rush back to my place as I have to start cooking and putting myself together somehow.
See you on the next one as there's lots to explore around here!
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