Thessaloniki Famous Church, Roman Ruins, and Food (Livestream) 🇬🇷

Greece LIVE: Thessaloniki Famous Church, Roman Ruins, and Food 🇬🇷
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[irenestrasser]

As always you capture my attention, l thoght l knew very much about Greece, but really l knew very little Thanks Ariel.

[AmbientWalking]

Very interesting trip. Lots to look at and to feel. Really amazing! Thank you! : )

[dream.machine]

Beautiful adventurous walkthrough! I love how pretty it is there.

[PtolemyVV]

Also, Tsoureki (the Greek brioche) is differently made than brioche. It's different of texture, more fragrant and in many styles. Also among the secret ingredients Mastiha is used which is a special gum that can only be harvested from 1 place in the entire world on the island of Chios. Nowhere else does the tree create this gum when you plant the tree elsewhere. The second special ingredient in Tsoureki is Mahlepi. Mahlepi is the soft inside of a cherry kernel, grounded to powder. This powder also gives another extra depth of flavor. And that is what desserts in Greece are about. They have a lot of depths and layers in it's flavors

[konstantinosmichos]

the "brioche" is called "tsoureki" in Greece. You should have choosen the other choice there was, with white chocolate and chestnut cream inside

[annzaff]

Thank you for clarifying the alphabet question. So would we now call it the Roman Alphabet or Latin? I’m still confused. I thought A B C began earlier?

[joeb]

Enjoyed your video! I'll answer some historical things you bring up:

Thessaloniki was founded by the Ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedonia, in the Greek city-state era. Eventually, they would conquer the rest of Greece. Long story short, all of Greece was then annexed by the Roman Republic by the 2nd century BC, as the Roman Republic grew outside Italy. The Roman Republic then becomes Roman Empire. So, all of Greece (not just Thessaloniki) was in the Roman Republic/Empire for several centuries. Many of the ancient monuments of Athens also date to Roman times, like Hadrian's library, the Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens' Roman Agora, and others. Greek and Roman cultures merged during this time, there was hardly a difference. The Greek religion highly influenced the Roman one, and they merged into the Greco-Roman religion.

In the 3rd century AD, Roman emperor Diocletian instituted reforms, in order to govern the sprawling empire. He created positions for co-emperors, and Thessaloniki was chosen as one of the co-capitals, and the seat for co-emperor Galerius. The 4 emperor system didn't last long, there was a civil war, and Constantine the Great became sole emperor again. But Thessaloniki remained and important city.

In the 5th century AD, the western half of the Roman Empire falls to invaders, including Italy. The eastern half, including Greece, continues for another thousand years. That medieval continuation of the eastern half is now referred to as the Byzantine Empire.

St Demetrius church:

It's not "built in Byzantine style". It *is* Byzantine. The current church was built in the 7th century, although meticulously restored after the 1917 fire that destroyed the roof and upper walls. The restoration was completed in 1949.

Really glad you enjoyed in Thessaloniki, it's my favorite city in Greece. On a follow up visit, check out: Chania on Crete island, Nafplio in the Peloponnese, and Corfu Town. All historic cities. But much smaller than Athens or Thessaloniki.

[PtolemyVV]

There is a clear difference between Turkish and Greek coffee though. You say it's called around other places in the world "Turkish", but that is incorrect.
First of all, the origin like this is Arabic. Which is making coffee in the hot sand traditionally. So both Greek and Turkish "styles" in it's very origins is Arabic.
What the Ottoman Turks did, was spread it even further around their height. However. The biggest real difference between Turkish and Greek coffee is that Greek coffee far less bitter than Turkish coffee. The beans that Greek coffee has is less roasted. That's why the froth of Greek coffee is lighter brown than Turkish or Arab or other coffees and as a result a more aromatic and less bitter taste. Makes sense. To me this is what makes Greek coffee more tasty experience than Turkish. Coffee is subjective but I personally don't like bitter coffee (like most coffee).
It's like baking meat. burning the meat makes it lose it's taste and become more bitter. It's funny that you say Greek coffee is bitter, when in reality it's the lighter ( and thus less bitter) roasted beans that makes it Greek. Even the color of the coffee shows this.

[apache-amg]

I missed you today brah! you started streaming early. when you live again ?

[margoroutsis]

SUVLAKI SUVLAKI SUVLAKI SWEET ARIEL, , REMEMBER ... PLEASE

[annzaff]

I believe it’s the Phoenician-alphabet

[annzaff]

I believe it is the Phoenician-alphabet you need.

[PN.mod]

Luv you but pronunciation....Variety is va- RYE-ety.... pistachios is pi-STASH-ios. Not pi-STACH-ios. The C is a soft C.