After breakfast, we only hopped to Volos, the bigger town on the peninsula to charge the car to maximum. A fast charger gives you just enough time for a coffee which is exactly what we did. Afterwards, it was a long drive from the Pelion Peninsula to Meteora. Number 3 felt pretty sick again.
Meteora is just stunning. We were super lucky with the weather but all we did today was take the scenic route and enough the viewing “rocks” to look around.
With a stop at a supermarket, we were on the campground just in time for some home-cooked pasta. Greek food is delicious but we really craved something different for one evening.
Searching for a coffee place
Found a place! Really only did coffee so we also stopped at a bakery to get croissants
Back to the car, along the waterfront so we could look at all the boats
Poor Number 3 felt sick again from all the bends in the road and didn’t want any lunch
And then, mountains appeared on the horizont (geez, the car is dirty from all the Sahara sand!)
The first monastery of Meteora perched on a rock that we saw
But the rocks jutting out of the landscape would have been cool even without the monasteries
Quite impressive
There are about 9 (?) monasteries left in Meteora
The monks and nuns fled the bloodshed and made their monasteries almost invincible
Little explorer found a bug. It’s shiny!
This perch gave me vertigo. I only took pictures once I was back down
The kids are having a good time on the view point
Sitting down made it a little better
Four in one view
Up to the edge
You come around a bend, you get a view
What a cool road!
Stopping to go grocery shopping. The mountains are still there
The campground also had a view. It was the most crowded one we camped on so far.
We took this Sunday for a city tour of Monemvasia. It’s a rebuild walled city which is also a popular spot for Greeks. Thus, it was rather crowded in the lower city (for our taste). The upper city is still in ruins and it was great fun to explore them. On our way out, we went up north through a great mountain pass and back to sealevel on the other side. Poor Number 3 was severly carsick on this stretch.
You have to be creative to get your fresh orange in the morning 😉
Early morning in the olive trees of Camp Gythion Bay
We actually thought she’d managed to learn how to properly use a swing…
It’s even a google maps tourist attraction
The pier leading to Monemvasia
The kids were totally in awe of palms trees and cacti
Canons make Number 3 just happy
“If Number 3 gets a picture, I want a picture!”
The canon balls were just a plus to this square
It was already high up
Most of the lower city has been restored and is in use
While we went for a brunch-style lunch, my home-made lemonade turned out to be fancy
Number 3 needed some cuddles at lunch time
Up towards the upper city
Looks like a holiday
… and the view is already good
The upper town is still an archaeological site
Better not fall down
The only restored building in the upper city is the Hagia Sofia
Can’t get much further up now
Good thing I didn’t realize how close to the edge the walking path was when I was on it!
