College students make their technique to college in opposition to the beautiful backdrop of the Pindus mountains in Chrysomilia, 39 kilometers from the city of Kalambaka, in Thessaly. Boasting a inhabitants of simply over 500, this comparatively remoted village runs in opposition to Greece’s bleak demographic tendencies. Regardless of its distant, mountainous location, round 50 households reside right here, every with a mean of three youngsters. Households and native officers acknowledge the restricted presence of the state, attributing the excessive birthrate to the mixture of self-sufficiency and robust social bonds rooted in native tradition and historical past.
