Category Archives: trip 2011: Herman’s group

2141 – From Dionysiou to Paulou in summer and winter

In the summer of 2011 we walked from Dionysiou to Paulou. The other way around as my brother Wim has described in the previous post (2140). In the winter of 2015 my friend Bas and I, together with our sons, … Continue reading

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1436 – Paulou’s guestrooms

The rooms for pelgrims in Paulou are in the monastery itself. The monastery has  a lot of rooms and normally you don’t have to book in advance. The red arrow is pointing at the guestquarters. In particulary it points to … Continue reading

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1379 – view from Amouliani Island

Oktober 2011. In front of Ouranoupolis the islands of Amouliani with nice beaches and good food. If you zoom in you see houses at the coastline. That is the location of  the Athos border. The man on the clif is … Continue reading

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1371 – Waiting at Dafni harbour

This is the harbour of Dafni where you start your stay on Athos if you want to go to Karyes or to the other side of the peninsula to Vatopedi or Lavra. You can also enter on various other harbours … Continue reading

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1271 – ways of transport

This is the normal way to start your visit to the mountain by taking the early boat in Ouranoupolis. Here our party of 2011 entering the boot to Dafni at appr. 6.30 hours in the morning. The price is EUR … Continue reading

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1266 – Athos trip 2011 on You Tube

Athos – The movie part III 2011, with the following scenes: boat trip from Ouranopoli to Dafni with Arsanas Sografou, Docheiariou, Xenofontos and Panteleimonos, arriving in Dafni, Karyes, Iviron, Koutloumousiou, Karakalou, Kelli Timiou Stavrou (bells played by Father David), Lavra … Continue reading

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1259 – catching up blog: Athos pilgrims 2011

Finally all our pictures, starting from August 2006, did return on our weblog, so it is time to do some catching up. Today I will start with copying all our posts from athosweblog.wordpress.com and closing down this weblog once and … Continue reading

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1253 – Athos trip 2011 on You Tube

Athos – The movie part III 2011, with the following scenes: boat trip from Ouranopoli to Dafni with Arsanas Sografou, Docheiariou, Xenofontos and Panteleimonos, arriving in Dafni, Karyes, Iviron, Koutloumousiou, Karakalou, Kelli Timiou Stavrou (bells played by Father David), Lavra … Continue reading

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1250 – Amouliani Island

All these years we visited Ouranopolis, we have been looking at the island of Amalouliani: this year we took the opportunity to visit the island. According to our taxidriver Fotis the Southern Islands of Amouliani have the finest beaches in … Continue reading

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1246 – Athos pilgrims October 2011

Wim Voogd sitting, Herman Voogd with red cap and 6 friends from Holland stayed on Athos 3 till 5 th October 2011. Wim

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