Yiayia's Handmade Greek Spinach Pie, Wood Carving Institute, S2E2

Kalabaka town has a population of 12,000 citizens and is situated on the foothills of an extraordinary geological phenomenon, the majestic Meteora.
Historical records refer to the town’s Byzantine name as Stagi when it had become a significant center of the Byzantine Empire.
Kalabaka was burnt down by the German army in 1943 and then rebuilt. That’s why the town even though that has such a long history looks fairly modern. In modern times the town of Kalabaka has grown a lot.
Kalabaka over the past 3 decades transformed into an important touristic destination for mainland Greece with close to 2 million visitors passing through the town and Meteora each year!
Introduced in 1964, in Kalabaka, the vocational school for wood carving is Greece's only educational institution producing trained tradesmen specializing in wood carving and decorative furniture making. The academy’s objective is to highlight folk tradition
If you love nature, head to the chestnut forest of Kalogriani, a quaint mountain village hugged by thick chestnut forests. Dafne and Kostas took me to their chestnuts grove to show me how they collect them. It looked to me like a good year for chestnuts, trees were covered in them. Chestnut are collected once they drop on the ground, then if the chestnuts don’t fall out of the spiky cocoon, you press them a bit with your shoe and they pop out. Roasting chestnuts is a popular snack this time of the year.
I stayed in the hotel owned by Dafnes and Kostas daughter Μαιρη and son in low Σπυρο, a beautiful Hotel called Epavlis at the edge of Kalambaka, with excellent accommodation, comfortable suites and a magnificent view of the Meteora rocks. I was happy to find homemade Epirus pittas every morning at the breakfast buffet and I was even happier to find out that Dafne was the one making those pittas. So Dafne had to be the next guest of Savor Greece.

Special thanks to:
Dafne and Costas
Mary and Spiros
Epavlis Hotel
The Travel Factory

This episode was filmed and edited from Tony Kavaliero, with @canon ‪@GoPro‬ ‪@FilmoraWondershare‬
Music from ‪@FesliyanStudios‬
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