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Magical Monasteries in the Sky
After lunch at Delphi we proceeded on towards Meteora. Along the way, I was buzzing with anticipation at being able to view in person the architectural wonders I had read so much about, and had been extremely fascinated by one particular picture I had seen in a guidebook. In that picture, a lone monastery bathed in the sun's rays stood at the base …
Can you take a photo of me on that rock?
From Vikos gorge we headed further inland to Meteora; a set of incredible rocks with a bunch of monasteries set upon them on the edge of a wide valley with the clear blue Greek spring sky above them. How the rocks got there, why they built monasteries on them and what the monks actually do all day we have no idea; but boy is it fun to walk from …
The Mist Also Rises
... a failed attempt to see "Skyfall" downtown Saturday, and today the Athens Marathon.
The weekend before, my housemates and I hosted a Halloween party- perhaps the one and only Halloween Party held in the entire country of Greece- for our fellow fellows and some Greek friends and acquaintances.
The main portion of this entry, however, will cover my trip three weekends ago to Meteora, Greece. Thanks to the feast ...
We are deep into Greece
... retreats are indeed perched
atop pinnacles that rise about 1000 feet from the valley floor. For centuries the monasteries served as
Christian hide aways while the Ottoman Turks ruled Greece. Most are still in operation today. One of them was used in the 1980’s James Bond
film “For Your Eyes ...
Termópilas
... 17:00 perto de Kalambaka, ao nosso hotel, Hotel Amalia Kalambaka, que era também magnífico, mas năo tinha um estilo tăo moderno como o de Delfos, tinha um estilo mais turco, mas também era enorme.
Os nossos quartos e casas de banho eram grandes, em vez de termos uma varanda, as portas davam para um pátio com um jardim.
Este hotel tinha também uma piscina muito boa, onde estivemos ...
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