travels in Epirus

Ioannina: Town of Silver Art Creators (The art of collage is also practiceable.)


Metsovo: Orange tile roofs, gray slate streets.


Traditional dance moves. (That’s how they do it in Metsovo.)


Lake Pigon Aoou: The line between natural and artificial is ill-defined at best. Distance is one artificial buffer.

You can travel great distances in Greece, gathering experiences of different kinds. There are islands and mountains, cities, dangerous curves and a twisty stomach. Blues and greens are soothing, deep, but the rocks are barren and brown. There is snow on a distant peak; there are cats and cars on steep cobbled streets. You'll rub your feet til they are raw; you'll feel every step, take nothing for granted. Beauty feels good because it hurts, not because it takes the hurt away. A bee hovers by the glass, insists.

photos by sissoula