Grand Serai Congress & Spa Ioánnina

... museum: paintings mainly. Note how all pictures show very swarthy-skinned people... including Christ &amp; Mary. Also, many e.g.'s of silversmithing, which flourished in this region.<br>As we get back to camper, it begins to rain... and continues to do so all night! <br>This evening, we get down to our penultimate DVD...<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>

... many old people wearing their traditional costumes, as the man I spotted sitting outside his shop and asked him to have a photo with me. I expected to see many more sitting in the square and discuss with friends but it seems that I was unlucky.<br><br>Not many old men wear their traditional costumes nowadays.<br><br><br><br ...

... br><br>It is an active monastery owes its name to the lead roof which has now been replaced by slates. (Molivdos means lead)<br><br><br><br>The history of the monastery goes back in the early Middle Ages. According to tradition, its founder was the Byzantine emperor Constantine from Pogoni and based on an inscription in the interior of ...

... includes some of the most beautiful mountains and rivers in Epirus.<br><br><br><br>Aoos Gorge, Voidomatis River, Mountains Smolikas and Grammos and River Sarantaporos are unique and unfamiliar spectacle that moves every visitor. Worth visiting!<br><br><br><br>It is the first time I am up here, but I don&#8217;t have ...

... interesting and worth visiting.<br><br>It is the most important natural ecosystem.<br><br>In there you can see the emergence of the stalactite.<br><br><br><br>THE CAVE <br><br><br><br>It is one of the rarest caves in the world. It is located only 4 kilometres away from the city, in Perama of Ioannina. <br><br>The cave occupies an ...

SAILING IN THE LAKE TO THE ISLAND OF IOANNINA<br><br><br><br><br><br>We take the sailing boat and in just 25 minutes we come to the island.<br><br>It is famous for it's beauty, and there we visit the museum of Ali Pasa.<br><br><br><br>The ticket costs 1.80 euros.<br><br><br><br>There were many vendors selling all kinds of souvenirs, but mostly silver<br ...

... and Monodendri south to Kipi and its lovely arched stone bridges.<br><br>THE DISTANCE<br>The distance to get to the small Church of Ag.Paraskevi from the village of Monodendri is just 1.5 km.<br><br>It is the 2nd time I come out here, and I promised myself next time to come up here and walk with other people the gorge.<br>It is something that I ...

MONODENDRI<br><br>This beautiful Zagori village we visit todayy is about 41 km from the city of Ioannina.<br>It maintains intact the traditional stone-built architecture.<br>The Church of Agios Athanasios in the central square is of significan historical value.<br><br>We come here for lunch. From here are are going to visit the Gorge, but also I have a stroll in the village to take some photos and admire the architecture.<br>

... time was passing away fast, and after dusk, i asked Panas (my host in Iaoninna) if i can come also quite late.. Luckily, it was no problem at all, and so i continued hh in darkness the first time. I was dropped some kilometeres away from the boarder to Greece. Unfortunatly there were nearly any cars passing, so i startet walking into the night, not knowing if i arrive anywhere or just will stuck at midnight anywhere in the natuure..<br>But i was ...

... stop was on campus, but still quite a walk compared to what it would have been had I gotten off at the right place... Oh, and don't worry--all these trips are with people... ==SIDE NOTE== Thats one of the great things about being here with 25 people--there's always someone to go do something with... It seems that people are willing to go just about anywhere with you because we really don't have that much else to do.. =) ==END SIDE NOTE== I have made it to the nearby bakery and ...