Hotel Tourist Ioánnina

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

... I saw the photo that I took with this old man I remember asking him why he was not smiling at all. The answer was that this is how he is.

He does not smile at all, but he seems so sure of himself and proud of being from Epirus.



Metsovo is a remarkable village and we stayed there for about two and a ...

... Many women from the village, but also from other places were busy also, helping the monks there.

We were offered (lukumia) delights and cold water.

A plastic bag full of freshly cut tomatos were given to the driver of the coach by a monk, for any one of us who wished to have one.

KONITSA



It is a beautiful border area in Greece. Built on the slopes of Trapezitsa Mount, 630 m altitude.



Konitsa is a city of 4.000 inhabitants built according to the traditional style of Epirotic architecture.



Aoos River flows on the right side of the city. It's an area ...

... that were published in the local press of Athens.

Thusly Ioannis and Anna Petrochilou found out about the cave, visit Perama and began systematic exploration and mapping of the cave in order to be developed as a tourist attraction.



Where it is situated.

Situated next to the picturesque lake of Ioannina, it is ...

MONODENDRI

This beautiful Zagori village we visit todayy is about 41 km from the city of Ioannina.
It maintains intact the traditional stone-built architecture.
The Church of Agios Athanasios in the central square is of significan historical value.

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.

... to the different rooms are something unbelievable here! Pity I was not allowed to take even one photo as there are cameras watching.

Persons who are clistrophobean should not enter.

This museum is a MUST for people visiting Ioannina.

... that are still inhabited today. The small island on the lake adds more beauty in the City, and attracts many visitors and tourists.



Today Ioannina is famed for its silverware, brassware and wood carvings, thus keeping alive traditions from past eras through finely worked objects that are sold in shops situated in the historical centre of the city.

... suddenly remembered we had nowhere to sleep that night. Through some form of telepathy, Dimitris, our interpreter and beer donor, sensed our apprehension and offered his nearby flat as a place to crash. We graciously accepted. At half-time we were swarmed by the local "bike gang" of 10 year olds outside the shop. Upon hearing we were Canadian looks of amazement washed over the faces of these kids, none of whom had even been to Larissa (60 odd kilometres down the valley ...

Je suis parti tot ce matin dans l'espoir de me rendre jusqu'a Meteora. J'avais 3 autobus a prendre et un ferrie. Il n'y a pratiquement aucun train en Grece et je me rend compte a quel point j'aime le train compare aux autobus! Que c'est penible les autobus! Ca tourne, ca freine, c'est en retard, fait chaud, pas d'espace! Vive le train! Arrive a Ioannina il etait deja presque 5h alors j'ai decide de coucher ici. Je serais arrive beaucoup ...