Day 4 in Greece

After a stop at Thermopolylae we headed to the monasteries near Kalambaka and Meteora.

The monasteries where built on 600 to 900 foot cliffs to protect for intruders.

The rocks had large and small holes eroded in them and vegetation growing from them and one had several country flags erected in them.

We also saw a couple of rock climbers scaling the face when we stopped for dinner.

I did not know that Greece was such a mountainous country as you can see by many of the photos.6

The monasteries and convent had a pretty strict dress code. Women had to wear a skirt covering below their knees and cover shoulders towards the elbows. Marilyn tied a scarf through her belt loops to cover her kees even though she had long slacks on and it did not cover the back of her legs.

A large portion of the interior of  the building had photo restrictions so I was able to take too many photos.

Typical building style throughout the region.
Some of the pictures were taken through the bus windows so there are reflections and discolourations.

Mountainous area in most of mainland north of Athens with tight hairpin turns which proved exciting in our 60 foot long bus.

The area of Kalambaka and Meteora.

Approaching Kalambaka the rock protrusion is ominous.

View of the rock formation from the restaurant where we had lunch, before going up to the monasteries.

After lunch we noticed two rock climbers descending the face of one of the rocks.

It was difficult to see them without the use of the zoom on the camera.

The next posting will show  pictures from up on the rock at the convent and monastery.