(sorry it's been so long since i've updated but we've been running around everywhere and haven't had much of a break, which i suppose isn't such a bad thing afterall, right?)
immediately after arriving in greece after 21 hours of traveling (we had a 9 hour layover in doha), pert and i got into the city bus station only to get right back on a bus for 5 hours to head to central greece. we went to the town of meteora where there are monasteries that have been built on top of cliffs! it is quite the sight to see.
on a side note, i will say that the buses were a lot nicer than i expected which was a pleasant surprise. we stayed in the town of kalampaka for the night which is at the foot of meteora. the next morning, we woke up early and caught the bus up to the biggest monastery before gradually making our way down.
we started at the grand meteora monastery (megaro meteora if you wanna be greek about it) which was amazing! once you paid the 2 euro fee, you just went in and wandered around. these monasteries are still in practice so we weren't able to see everything. in total we saw 5 monasteries (one of which was in a james bond movie) which was about 6km in distance and took us about 4 hours to do. afterwards we headed back into town and then caught a bus back to athens.
if you ever have the chance to go to meteora, it is definitely worth checking out. not only are these monasteries stunning, the surrounding environment is also breathtakingly gorgeous. it is like nothing you've ever seen before.
immediately after arriving in greece after 21 hours of traveling (we had a 9 hour layover in doha), pert and i got into the city bus station only to get right back on a bus for 5 hours to head to central greece. we went to the town of meteora where there are monasteries that have been built on top of cliffs! it is quite the sight to see.
on a side note, i will say that the buses were a lot nicer than i expected which was a pleasant surprise. we stayed in the town of kalampaka for the night which is at the foot of meteora. the next morning, we woke up early and caught the bus up to the biggest monastery before gradually making our way down.
we started at the grand meteora monastery (megaro meteora if you wanna be greek about it) which was amazing! once you paid the 2 euro fee, you just went in and wandered around. these monasteries are still in practice so we weren't able to see everything. in total we saw 5 monasteries (one of which was in a james bond movie) which was about 6km in distance and took us about 4 hours to do. afterwards we headed back into town and then caught a bus back to athens.
if you ever have the chance to go to meteora, it is definitely worth checking out. not only are these monasteries stunning, the surrounding environment is also breathtakingly gorgeous. it is like nothing you've ever seen before.
megaro meteora
awesome catacombs
another monastery...forgot the name :(
this is the one from the james bond movie 'for your eyes only'
view of kalampaka from the top
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