Aventuras a Pie (de Página)The Tiryns dam is one of the most important hydraulic engineering works in Greece and Europe of the Mycenaean era, although it is found hidden in plain sight.
This work consisted of two parts: a large retaining wall over 50 meters long and 10 meters high, and a canal one and a half kilometers long that carried the waters of three streams to another river in the vicinity to discharge into the sea.
This enormous work was done 3500 years ago to prevent floods in the population of Tiryns.
Sikyon was an important city-state of the Corinthian domain of renowned fame at an artistic level.
In this video, we are going to explore its ruins as well as its archaeological museum.
The saying “The tourist demands and the pilgrim thanks” is likely the biggest misunderstanding of the Camino de Santiago.
Intended to represent the humility of the pilgrim in interactions with others, it is manipulated by various actors to the detriment of the same, and definitely requires an update.
In this video, we will analyze the different injustices suffered by the pilgrims and at the end of the video we will update the phrase.
I would like to review the rules of coexistence… due to the fact that in recent times, there are multiple articles in the newspapers about bad pilgrimage behavior; from assaults on hosts to staging scenes in village festivals; all true, sad and regrettable situations.
We include the rules in the hostels, on the road, with the other pilgrims, in the cities, in Santiago and on social media.
Decalogue of Good Pilgrim Practices of the San Pedro Neighborhood (Santiago): https://www.elcorreogallego.es/santiago/2023/07/19/video-viral-busca-concienciar-peregrinos-90081560.html
Ancient Messene is by far one of the best archaeological sites in all of Greece, having more variety of ruins and much better preserved than other sites of much greater renown such as Athens, Delphi, and Corinth.
In this video, we explain in detail why we think it is a great site worth exploring.
We are going to explore Thorikos; excellent ruins with a lot of history, and the most important population of Laurion, the famous silver mines place, Athens’ success secret.
In this video, we analyze the advantages and disadvantages of doing it alone or in company, as well as the possible companies and which paths are more convenient in each case.
A small parody of the Camino de Santiago in the style of a Mastercard advertisement! in honor of having reached +1000 subscribers/adventurers!
The kingdom of Orchomenus was the eternal enemy of its neighbor to the east, Thebes, and included this city as well as the lands occupied by the lake Copai and the island-fortress of Gla.
In this video, we visit the Mycenaean and Hellenistic ruins of Orchomenus.
The “Camino de Oviedo” proposes Oviedo as a final destination for the pilgrimage, which in most cases avoids Galicia.
The Camino de Santiago is suffering from over-exploitation and for commercial interests, and in this video, we will explore a different way of doing the Camino, if you have already experienced the arrival in Santiago and it has bothered you the over-commercialization of the road in Galicia.
The “Camino de Oviedo” proposes Oviedo as a final destination of the pilgrimage, which implies avoiding Galicia in most cases.
In the video, the similarities of the experiences, of the paths as well as their differences are explored.
It also explains to which sector of the population the pilgrim is aimed at, which is small, but it exists.