Meteora Travel Blogs

Meteora means hanging in mid air: They are Cenobitic monasteries    The unusual mountain structures were formed long ago by water from the Pindus Mountains which melted and carried away the limestone portions leaving tall mountains 1000 feet (300 meters) taller than the surrounding…

In central Greece and particularly in the North Western part of Thessaly,between North East of Hasia and West of Pindos,where the plain of Thessaly ends,gigantic rocks raise,that create a spectacle which might be unique worldwide. Historians and geologists started to be interested in the crea…

After several days in Athens, my mother and I rented a car, and drove for about 6 hours to Meteora.  Meteora is famous for its giant monolith rocks protruding out of the earth, and the monastaries that sit perched upon many of them.We stayed at a great hotel for about 50 euros.  THe hotel…

We started the next morning with breakfast at the hotel and a trip to the local supermarket so we had something for lunch.  The rain was coming down harder than ever, and I was already unhappy that the clouds were ruining the view of these old monasteries.  It just ate me up inside to thi…

Meteora..just WOW!!! So peaceful and so grand! Those rocks were the most amazing thing to see and to imagine priests living inside, even more amazing! We arrived just a few minutes short of 5pm to find that 5pm was the closing time of the Great Meteoro, and we were properly covered and running in …

Ok, we have no money for suvenirs, but for that trip we have 35 DM. Early in the morning we go for one day trip to Meteory by bus. Over Mountains Olympus, Όλυμπος, it is one of the highest mountains in Europe. And of course, Olympus is the home of the Olympians, the principal gods in the Gr…

Greece was our final destination for our Euro Trip 2009. We only had the opportunity to visit Meteora, Delphi & Athens, but these places were wonderful :)

More pics of Greece, this time Meteora

Day 26, April 24Up earlybreakfast= corn flakes hot milk, yogurt/honey, dry cake, olives, HBeggschecked out,went to bancomat, Jesse's card declined except 40 eurodrove up to monasteries, pup! lots of pictureswent in Megalo, interesting - bones of saintsdrove back through town, skipped lunch, dinner …

I love to travel!Here is some photos and reviews from the places around the world that i ve been until now.

went to greece as a simple birthday present, but simple didnt turned out to be! stayed in a sleazy part of athens, a crappy camera, swam naked, scary taxis, got lost in the pindos mountains, yes/no/yes episodes, mistaken for a japanese, deciphering greek letters to catch buses, creepy characters, cant eat greek food, starved then ate only watermelons for almost 2 weeks then finally meeting the sorceres kirke. i was sick & tired, but the most important thing of all-I HAD FUN! harruh harruh!

Vandaag liep de wekker om 7.00 uur af en het was de bedoeling dat we om 9.00 uur onderweg zouden zijn. Dat gebeurde dan ook, want even voor negenen reden we, na een lekker ontbijt, van de camping af. Het einddoel van vandaag was Kalambaka. Dit was een behoorlijk eind rijden (zo’n vijf uur) en da…

about 5 hour bus ride away from athens. They are mountain top monistaries... it rained but the photos came out great. about 12 miles of hiking

It's been very nice trip all around Greece in October last year.. I shoot almost all important places we've been at, so enjoy..

Setting off from Hong Kong in Aug 1992, 2 days after turning 22, I traveled China, Mongolia, Russia, Scandinavia, the Baltics, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East, returning to Hong Kong in July 1993. Apart from Athens/Cairo, I never set foot on an airplane during this year-long walkabout. Before the days of digital cameras, internet, and mobile phones, this solo adventure was as much a discovery of myself as it was about these 31 countries. Many of them, like me, have long since changed.