Carnival Trip - Day 1 - Road and Kozani Festivities

Hello everyone! I am still alive! :)) After so many days I finally got time to tell you a bit about my recent trip with the occasion of the Carnival festivities in Greece. It's been quite tiresome so I took my time to get back to my usual daily habits.

I've never before witnessed the concept of a carnival in front of me, around me, and I can say that it's pretty cool. We've been to Kozani, to Florina and Ioannina, but also some small places in between.

Here's how our trip begun, with a big bright sun shining on us. The road was almost empty, so we got to our first stop in no time, to a small village called Drosopigi. The first photo in this post is from that place, where we've been welcomed with open arms by our host. It was a heartwarming place, a traditional rural house, so very cozy and with a beautiful and relaxing atmosphere. We will surely remember that place and the wonderful people :)

I have here a couple photos of the colorful land. It is really impressive to see all those different nuances in nature. I was stunned at first, and then I tried to take some pictures :))

Later on we got back on the road to Kozani. We arrived late in the evening, but got on time to catch some of the shows. We saw a dance competition between schools, I believe, which was very nice.

But more than anything we saw costumes of all colors and sizes. People were so inventive, you couldn't believe! By simply standing around and watching everyone you would've been entertained, and if you enjoyed the music the better :) It was a bit different for us because we weren't accustomed with the Greek songs, but in general everyone seemed to enjoy it. We even had our share of Macarena, so we were happy :))

In the center there was this beautiful tower. I would've only liked to catch it in daylight, sadly my camera doesn't behave so well in the nighttime. I hope it gives at least a bit of the idea of what it is like to be there.

The last two photos are of a church that was our guiding light, shall we say. We parked nearby and we've used this marvelous church as a checkpoint. Again, would've loved to see it during the day, but it was still a very beautiful sight :)

This concludes the first day of the trip, but there were two more! So stand by the following days to see how it all went :)

Hope you've enjoyed my post! I will see you very soon!

And as always, have a great day, friends! :)