We woke up in Kalabakah to an overcast day, but we were not complaining!!
Nearby rock formations that are really tall mountains were majestic! Our bus drove us up a road that was made in the 1920's to get to the monasteries in Meteora.
We got to visit two of the monasteries! The monks and nuns used to climb up there and would use a net basket to get up and down.
Many of the fresco's (paintings) were destroyed during war... And have been restored. They wouldn't let me take photos! Even without a flash!!! (dang it!)
We learned a lot about the Greek Orthodox church. Saw many paintings and the SKULLS of saints!!! St. Stephen was one of the them and one of the monasteries was named after him!
After a 5 hour drive we are back in Athens! We had a wonderful dinner and then saw the Pantheon lit up at night! We are so excited to go on our greek island cruise tomorrow!!!
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