«From Portaria to Zagora its no more than 4,5 to 5 hours»!,wrote Kleon Paraschos in the Thessaly Album of 1927. Of course he meant by good weather, because the road with snow was difficult, but necessary. In the “good” old times, without roads the traffic and trade had enormous difficulties.
This beautiful postcard with loaded horses cutting through heavy snow by photographer John Theocharis around 1930 reminds us the difficult moments of those times …
Antonis Zavaliagos archive.