Melinda Hotel 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 ...

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It is an active monastery owes its name to the lead roof which has now been replaced by slates. (Molivdos means lead)



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.



Aoos Gorge, Voidomatis River, Mountains Smolikas and Grammos and River Sarantaporos are unique and unfamiliar spectacle that moves every visitor. Worth visiting!



It is the first time I am up here, but I don’t have ...

... let me see how they fry these legs. Just one person from our friends dare taste one.

(Good for me). The menu costs 8.5 euros. It is just the fried legs though without even some chips or anything else.



The last boat leaves for Ioannina at 11pm so after dinner we caught the 10 pm boat as we had to be met by some friends who live here.

VIKOS GORGE

The Vikos Gorge lies in the North Pindus Mountains in the historic area of Epirus, 30 kilometers north of Ioannina and 24 miles from the Albanian border. The area, called the Zagori, has 44 villages called the Zagorohoria. The 12-kilometer gorge itself can be hiked in two or three parts: Monodendri north to Vikos; Vikos to ...

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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.

... 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.

... the apostles and disciples, the Virgin Mary, as well as other important religious and moral leaders throughout Greece. There were several rooms in the monastery and every inch of every wall was covered. The reason they decorated the monastery was to teach people the stories. Literacy wasn't very high within the region, but religious leaders thought it was important for everyone to know the stories and the resulting lessons, so they drew pictures for the people to look ...

... works by Homer, Sophocles, Plato, Hesiod, Demosthenese and Aristotle. These were written on parchment (11th century) and paper with beautiful illuminations on the first letter and page edges. Bonnie Kyle, you are so correct when you say that a book is a treasure to be valued greatly! Next, we went to Ioaninna for a day, on our way to Igoumenitsa, where we will catch the ferry to Italy. We are heading to Pompei to see what damage Mount Vesuvius did!