Traditional Hotel Letzeto 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...

... hours. We had the chance to visit Tositsa Museum and then walk in the square of the village.



The village is known for its nice cheese and butter, and it has many souvenir shops.

The buildings really remind me of Swiss, and it is also very popular in winter for ski and all sorts of winter sports.

... 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 ...

... interesting and worth visiting.

It is the most important natural ecosystem.

In there you can see the emergence of the stalactite.



THE CAVE



It is one of the rarest caves in the world. It is located only 4 kilometres away from the city, in Perama of Ioannina.

The cave occupies an ...

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.

I am so disappointed because photos cannot be taken in this beautiful museum.
I was being told that I will find photos though their site, but the photos I found cannot be compared to what we saw there. The building inside, and the stairs ...

The City of Ioannina



Situated at an altitude of 470 m above sea level and 436 m from Athens, Ioannina is the largest of the Region. Stretching along the western banks of the Pamvotis Lake, it is renowned for its beauty, scenic sites and plethora of flora and fauna.



The old town is situated inside and around the caste with its traditional ...

... mhhh) i nearly could not leave. They asked me for staying one night in Vlora with them. I am so impressed by the hospitality of albanian inhabitants. I was not expecting anything, and, am convinced my the people, as well as its wonderful landscape...
Nevertheless, i had to say goodbye, because of my shedule :(
The next lifts were also not hard to get, but nothing very exciting. The road down to Sarander is wonderful beautiful, but very slow ...

... walk from campus on a highway that does not have sidewalks (ill try to take pics to show you that too)... The space you have to walk on is only wide enough for one person, and you try to walk really fast just to get to your destination... I have made multiple trips down there to get cheap clothes, toiletries, groceries, or just to accompany other people down there... I have already gotten lost on campus and missed my stop on the bus coming back from a store... Luckily the ...