Saturday, September 5, 2009

Just photos and explanations for today.

I have now been to all 6 of the publicly accessible monasteries at Meteora - two solid days of walking and hiking, with one day between to rest.  Day two was more than 22km total - over 10 miles!
Photo Captions:
1) If you look closely you can see 4 of the 6 active Meteora Monasteries.  Farthest away and farthest left is Agios Nikolaos Anapafsas, closer and left-center is Roussanou Convent, highest elevation and right-center is Megalou Meteoro, far right is Varlaam
2) Visible behind and left of me is Roussanou Convent, behind and right is Agios Nikolaos Anapafsas (are you confused about how this place is laid out yet?).  And yes, that's the same shirt I wore on my first day of exploration.  The monasteries will not let you in if you don't have long pants and long sleeves, and I didn't pack many of either.  Roll up sleeves for walking, roll down for respect.  And I promise I didn't smell (that) bad. 
3) Another view of Roussanou (this was the most photogenic of the Monasteries/Convents)
4) Flags at Agios Stephanos (yes, I enjoy photographing flags.  I don't know why)
5) Rock formations between the Monasteries and Kalambaka
6) Why hello.. (found on a barrier block on the way to Varlaam from Agia Trias[Holy Trinity])
7) a view of downtown Kalambaka from above (near Agios Stephanos)
8) Agios Stephanos
9) Another cool flag shot of Agios Stephanos
10) Agios Stephanos
11) Agios Stephanos
12) Sometimes to take the best shots you have to defy common sense and pretend gravity is your friend.  I did that here.
13) Almost all of Kalambaka, from above.  My hotel is very near the farthest point of the town.

1 comment:

  1. thanks for taking your time at the end of a long day to post beautiful photos and interesting comments! XOXOXO

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