Day 4 Revisit Part 1 - Amphipolis

Day Four Revisit Part 1 - Wednesday June 9th - Amphipolis

Lion of Amphipolis

Today we checked out of hotel, up and our bags out the door at 7:30 with us getting breakfast starting at 7:00 and then we're on the bus and moving at 8:30. Today we are headed to the area of Philippi and Kavala (Neopolis). We travel east on the New Via Egnatia, the replacement for the Roman Road in this area.





We rode on the bus for about an hour, maybe a little longer, and got to the area of Amfipolis (Amphipolos). There is a landmark, the 'Lion of Amphipolis" that we stopped at. Pastor Wayne made the point that this was a critical place controlling East/West trade and movement, and yet the scriptures (Acts 17:1) indicate that Paul and his companions did not spend much time here - the question then becomes "why not?" There are no really good answers, but the best one that fits is found in 1 Cor 1:26-29, key verse: "but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong". We got some good group pictures at this site.

Mosaic floor Amphipolis

After the Lion, we made an unplanned stop at the Acropolis of Amfipolis. We wondered around the grounds and excavated ruins of five basilicas and a hexagonal church. There were some impressive mosaic floors that had been discovered. Lots of good pictures.

Snails

One interesting tidbit: There were thousands of small snails covering a large part of the grasses and other vegetation on the acropolis.

Back on the bus at 11:20 and headed for Kavala, which is on the ocean. Most of us had lunch at a nice fish restaurant which was across the street from the Northern Aegean Sea. Everyone commented on how good the food was, lots of fish was consumed.


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Dale's Pics for Day 4 - Amphipolis: here 

Note: starting with this day, due to the large number of pictures, I'm splitting them up into different albums based on the blog entry.

Footsteps of Paul (FSoP) group at the Lion of Amphipolis