The Greek Adventure Begins | Traveling to Marathon
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- My eleventh Greek adventure has finally begun. I rented a car at the Athens International Airport and headed first for the historic town of Marathon, where the Battle of Marathon took place between the Greeks and Persians in 490 BC.
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Nothing better than a Greek adventure with Gabe👍🏽👍🏽❤️
If the Greeks had failed to defeat the Persians the whole of Europe and the European civilization in general would not exist. Lets think for a moment about that.....
True, no philosophy with Plato etc, no theater with Sophocles Aristophanes etc, no democracy with Pericles, no science with Aristotle …
Europe would’ve been ruled today by Ayatollah. And we would still be in the 14th century.
True but the Persian’s ( IRAN ) 🇮🇷 are having another try . 😊
Let’s not forget that Annunaki really messed up our genetics 400 thousand years ago,that’s why so much hate,wars,languages and misunderstandings.
😢@@flysky6248 please try to characterize the advantage to Annunaki. Isn't it about time to change up this whole routine already? There must be a series of questions should be asking all of our ai assistants to develop the ultimate challenges needed to rescue our species and planet from the thrall of this inappropriate administration.
These Greece videos are great! The music is well chosen for historical drama, and I like. your giving us the background of long history of Greeks defending themselves, the reason for the Crusades, etc.. I would say that 99 percent of college students know none of this. Really enjoying Greece, something about the weather, the history, the people is so uplifting.
Glad to see you back in Greecè. In more than twenty yeaŕs of living and woŕkinĝ in Africa and Europe i found Greece to be, by far, the friendliest and best country for a great holiday. The food, the wine, and the ladies are beyond compare.
Love your Greece videos. Our favourite 🇬🇷
What a cinematic experience! I feel like I was there too!
Me too thqt swhy Gabe is so special he makes it real none of the upper-class nonsense..he s a real traveller
Such rich history in Greece. Love it. Keep the historical sites and facts coming!
Gia sou Gabriel...welcome to Greece! Just to let you know...if you don;t already know that this is the Megali Evdomada and on Sunday 5 th May we celebrate the Orthodox Easter. Wish you to enjoy your 2024 Greek adventure. Always enjoy watching your trips!
You are so correct. That battle of marathon changed history. If the Persian army had won wow history could have been much much different for the world. Grrrrr wanna watch entire vid now but no time 😅 looking forward to finishing this later
Hell yeah. May is one of the absolute best months to be in Greece imo. Before the summer tourists arrive, and the weather perfect and the landscape is green and beautiful.
Someday I’d like to visit Greece!
Welcome back Gabriel!
As we learned from school,Phidippidis ran to Sparta to seek support from the Spartans to face the Persians who outnumbered the Athenians. Then he ran back to Marathon to fight in the battle. After the victorious battle he ran to Athens 42 kilometera to bring the good news to the Athenians. He only managed to say 'Nenikisamen' to the Athenians meaning 'We won',and he collapsed from exhaustion and died.
Welcome home Gabriel ❤
Thank you for sharing your travelling to Marathon and for the historic information! I like Greece and I am looking forward to watching your eleventh Greek adventure episodes.
Dont know how much are you planning to stay in Greece but i would suggest you to visit Veria and Naousa cities up in the north in Emathia region.
you can go from the to Vergina village where you can visit the archeological places , the tomb of Philip and the new museum built some months ago. and also in Naousa the place where Aristoteles taught Alexander the great.
The place where st paul taught in Veria, the amazing park of st nickolas in Naousa. The museums and the Byzantine churches.
its an hour car drive from Thessaloniki.
14`.00`` : ~30 years after the ``Marathon Battle`` the Athenians build a monument (a white marmor pillar) in memory to their win ! They called it : Τρόπαιο(ν) = Tropeo(n) = Trophy
Some fragments of the original pillar are in the Museum.
Greece is always a good decision ✨✨✨
I am in Greece every year on vacatioan, I would really enjoy new and unexplored destinations, tired of Greece on YT.
Glad to see you again, man, I've been waiting for this moment for 9 months. To circle back around my neck of the woods
We're happy to see you back in Greece! Enjoy!!
Greece and MX always lighten my mood.
MX meaning Mexico?
@@jumpy2xstreaming yeah.
when i see greece or mexico in these travel vids, seems bit more cheery than the woods of eastern europe or whatever.
@@azdbuk totally Viva Mexico but I will say Cancun, Cabo tourist city hell😂. I get why people love it but not for me I travel out of the country to get away from the whites! Not meaning in a racist way but you know what I mean love the locals!
welcome to greece gabriel again ,you have to ask for a greek citizenship ,you love so much greece and is one of your favourite country ,, welcome καλωσορισες
If this video is anything to go by, your Greek adventure is going to be epic! Already feeling the richness of the history, seeing ruins and towns, and loving every minute of it. Thanks for bringing all of it to life and happy 34th anniversary.😊❤
I still remember your last visit climbing some hills.
Yeah Gab is back in Greece! I hope you film some Easter celebrations this week!
Thank you Gabriel for teaching me to really enjoy travelling and also without breaking the bank❤ I love Greece, I hope you have a great time😊 god bless you🙏
Happy Anniversary!!! 💙🤍💙
Hey Gabe, I am travelling to Athens this Saturday for the first time. I will spend three nights there, coming from Dublin, Ireland. Let me know if you wanna meet up for food and drinks. Be great to meet you after years of watching.
that will never happen, trust me
@@kleerogers ?
@@kleerogers You automatically think you know how Gabe thinks, interesting.
@@mlwtennessee322 do you really think he will meet up with you???
@@KoRnBaKo Nothing to do with Gabe at all, no CZcamsr as busy as Gabe is going to alter his schedule to meet up with someone he has never met,
I'll confess that when Gabe gets into history I tend to tune out but this one grabbed me. His command of what happened when to whom, and his ability to give us the broad-brush strokes of how the Battle of Marathon affected both eastern and western civilizations, was pretty remarkable. And I loved the expression on his face when he saw the door to the Marathon museum was open. An "oh boy, really?" moment. I think of places like this as pocket museums, small spaces not widely known but with special treasures. I was mesmerized by the photo of the Greek getting a hero's welcome back home after winning in the U.S. Memories of pocket museums can stick with you forever. Unknown ahead of time because they're so small, you just stumble into them. Some of my favorite pocket museums are the tiny Joyce Museum in Dublin, the Croatian Museum of Naive Art in Zagreb, and a Croatian anthropology museum in a little town I can't remember the name of just north of Sibenik. As usual, Gabe gets the music in this video exactly right.
I’m on the treadmill watching this now, but I don’t think I’ll make it to a Marathon today 😆
That blue abandoned car was a Triumph 2000 MK I, from the sixties. My father was driving a MK II in the seventies and I kept driving it until the early nineties.
Cool, good to know.
Greece always looks so friggin rad.
Cremtrails ⛅️⛅️⛅️
Happy Anniversary!!!
So happy to see you in Greece again! It's one of my favorite countries. It's all so beautiful! Great video!
Kalispera Gabriel! Are you doing the mainland this trip? Great to see you back in Greece!
Great youre on a marathon, always good to see n get great info. Stay safe.
Yes! Greece again
46:00 Arabs are not exclusively muslim. There is a significant number of Christian Palestinians.
There are christian Arabs everywhere.
A 1600 Euro deposit on a car rental you mention at 7:00 sounds crazy. Good advice that you checked the bad google reviews on them and found out that they later made up excuses not to give the deposit back to other customers that fell for it.
Tip number 1 regarding car rentals, always book with a reputable renter, if not, check online for what people say about the company.
New interesting vlogs. Greetings from USA.
HE'S BACK!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for the history lesson and food for thought. What a monumental time in our world’s history. Had to chuckle once you made it over the fence…..I’d still be on the other side. 😂. Another great video Gabriel. ~Cara
A little to yearly for a pool party in Greece.
Nobody does Greece better than gab!!
so cool to see you back in Greece....yes!
Nice, another video to enjoy :) and a long one. I will watch a little later when off work. Safe travels Gabriel 🤙🏼
I was just saying to my husband that I bet Gabriel is going down to Greece!
Greece is the best! Watching this from my apartment in Athens.
Will be following your adventures for recommendations of places to see, cheers!
Love it. Thanks for sharing your adventures!
Wonderful . Thank you Gabriel
Thank you for sharing and have a safe journey.
The end of the video made me laugh 😂 Reminded me how I got locked in a park in Almuñécar, Spain. Great video as alway. Good to see places off the beaten path.
Congratulations on your Anniversary Trip! What an amazing journey you have had! Thanks for all the amazing cinematic videos and all the knowledge you share with us!
your summary of ancient greek history is very informative
I hate to say this but from Gramatiko there is a small port of Agia Marina which takes you very cheaply across to Evia. Or a 40 min drive from Gramatiko you can go to Halkis and there is a land bridge. Of course this was a few days ago so obviously G id probabaly there already.
Great video once again! The ending was really funny with the closed gate :D
Horiatiki [Greek Salad] I love it too!
Awesome start to another Greek adventure. Fantastic overview explanation of some historical events as well. Superb…🎉
I had a sneaky suspicion that your next destination was Greece. 🇬🇷 I can just imagine the cost savings during the low season before the millions of tourists invade Greece during the summer. ☀️
The next destination is usually Greece
So happy you are back in Greece. Just spend the rest of your days there exploring every inch., every island , every town , every church…… 25:28 Would love to see an immersion in Crete with the Minoan culture! Gretchen
Καλισπερα Gabriel hope you have a great adventure
Great adventures ahead!
Greek cats are so cute.
Nice to see you in Greece! I hope your stay will be interesting and profitable for you!
Haha Gabriel, Love all the Adventures you get into! 😅 Open Museum with nobody there, only in Greece. Greek guy locks you in 5 minutes after you talk to him, only in Greece.
Welcome to the Land of the Taba Touba. Where everything & anything can happen…😅 Adds to the excitement LOL.
Thanks for putting up with us Brother! 😆 We Love You! 💙👍🏻
Ah, good to see you back in Greece, one of your favourite travel countries ;-)
You are a great story teller!!
Epic video and content
Yay! Back to the Greek Islands 😊
Actually somewhat interesting to see a fairly ordinary day of travel.
Let the adventure begin! I hope you'll get to visit the Epirus region + Lefkada 🤩
Nice find. Those Frankish towers are all over Central Greece. There's a few in Euboea, where you're going next? Check out Avlonari, and the Mytikas towers.
Did you not visit the tombs of Marathon? Were they closed? It would be a shame because it is the actual burial mound of those 200 Athenians, still visible today. The tumuli you showed are from an entirely different era. Very interesting nonetheless, wonderful excursion. You have found a great time to be in Greece during Orthodox Easter, do not miss the epitaph procession on Friday and the Resurrection liturgy at midnight on Saturday.
I love running Marathons and this video was awesome. Thank you Gabriel for the history lessons. Your content is Great! 🏃🏻♂️👍
Welcome Gabriel,
Here's a tip, Rhamnous, it's an ancient city very close to marathon, actually next to Agia Marina where the ferry crosses to Euboia Island, oh and you don't have to book just check the website for time of departure and be there...
awesome
I really enjoy your history lessons gabriel traveler, they are brilliant. You are a wonderful orator and I think that is your true charm. Thankyou so much X
Hello Gabriel!
Welcome to Greece!
Try to celebrate the best Πάσχα in Leonidion!
Safe travels!
The schinia beach, a very long sand beach, possibly the longer in Attica, was the perfect landing area for the Persian ships, if you have time go to schinia beach, I think that near this beach the marathon battle was
The rest of the world is just a temporary stop between visits to Greece.
Awesome video, looks like you used 2 cameras.
Please fix the lens of the other camera, it looked like my own contacts were dirty but then I remembered you said yesterday your lens was dirty😅
wow, I know why Greece is one of your favourite countries. It's funny, I was in San Francisco last year when you were in Greece, and that's where I'm heading right now. Can't wait to see what you get up to!
Hey man nice shirt. After all this build up, you kind of have to do the 42km run now back to Athens, eh? Good luck! :)
Oooommmmmgggggg!!! So happy!!!!
You drive to Kimi in evia and then get a ferry to the Sporades islands
Yia sou atherfe, hello brother, in soul i would add... go for it Gabe, there is a lot to see and admire in the greek mainland ... ΕΛΛΑΣ - ΕLLAS's waiting for you !✌✨
So its Gabe time👏👏👏🍻
Also, pedantry corner! Frankish is not the same as French, although related of course. It refers to a number of related Germanic tribes. In Germany you also have a Franken for example, Franconia in English, the area around Neuremberg. Charlemagne was of course king of the Franks and his empire stretched all over Western Europe so yeah. In the case of that tower built during the crusade area, I think Frankish basically just means Western European. After the death of Charlemagne his empire was famously split up in multiple parts, roughly creating "France" and "Germany" etc...
I was wondering about that, hard to find the clear answer online. I thought it might have a German connection, for one thing there's Frankfurt.
Much Respect😁
I think the old car 5:59 is a British triumph 2000.
If you are still in the area, I highly recommend a short visit to Schinias National Park.
You have to go to Tymvos of Marathon....and there is the lagoon with ancient templar where Egyptian statues stant on....there had been the battle...you gonna see
Souli has also a remote beach...
If you're not already familiar, I'd recommend Ryanair Car Hire! Definitely the best prices and makes it clear what coverage you're getting. Typically costs me less for a whole month than what most rental agencies ask me for a week.
Man that sounds so fun just fly somewhere “idk what I’m gonna do yet” lol I could never tho I need to plan everything out just for one thing to go wrong and the whole plan fails😂
Thanks for making this video about greek history !Next time visit Marathom beach where the tomb of the Marathon soldiers is located and the idyllic lake of Marathon too after Grammatiko. Take care
Lucky Gabe nice sun... enjoy it and congratulations on the anniversary..will you be in Guinness Book of records. How could anyone do this without a car,, is there buses at all. Looks deserted everywhere lol maybe better that way though.
How come they don’t call a 2 mile swim “alcatraz”.
Nice history lesson
37:07 the house of the left was definitely designed with an earthquake in mind
First of May is when everyone goes into the mountains to gather wildflowers to make into wreaths that hang above the door of Greek households.
Andros Tinos are big islands, you have car and rafina is near, so maybe it is a good idea to explore them, also in the islands villages, but elsewhere in Greece also, easter epitaph processions are not to miss at Friday night
The Good Friday procession is an incredible event. I hope Gabriel can follow one 👍
In actual sacred places on action, habits may use decent clothing and conduct.