As a last hurray for Meteora, we headed to the Monastery of St. Barbara of Roussanou. At least one of the monasteries deserved to be visited. For this one, housing nuns, I was required to wear a skirt. They were handed out at the entrance.
Afterwards, we drove all the way to Ioannina for lunch. Unfortunately, it was about 2pm when we finally arrived at the taverna and everybody was really hungry. Luckily, the buffet style place had something on offer for everyone.
Afterwards, we explored Ioannina, the Municipal Ethnographic Museum and took a boat ride to Ioannina Island in the middle of the lake as a surprise for the kids.
We camped right in town so we could have an early start into the mountains of Zagori tomorrow.
Good morning Meteora! How are you today? Still sunny I see.
We decided to visit one of the monasteries and take a look around inside. It might be this one
Up the stairs…
…and past the cat…
…to a view like this. Cars for reference is a nice touch
A bird’s eye view onto the road
Greek and Greek Orthodox Church flags
Some of these holes were inhabited in early times
The sun was too bright to look into the camera. To visit the inside of the monastery of St.Barbara or Roussanou, I was obliged to wear a skirt
Great view on the biggest monastery. You can see a throng of people going up.
This one has a line to the other rock.
In a great little taverna in Ioannina, with lots of Greek people stopping for lunch. It was about 2 pm and we were so. hungry. Luckily, the food was really good!
Tower and Gate of Ioannina Kastro
The old town is inside the fortification. It’s full of small, cobblestone lanes and cute houses
Trying to stay in the shade
One of the old mosques in the Kastro. This one houses a museum in a building further up.
Another great place to see canons
These lizards took a perch on this beautifully carved pillar/stone
No, not canon balls. They are too big for the canons. These are grenades, according to Flo.
Inside the Municipal Ethnographic Museum of Ioannina
The mosque, now a museum, housed Ottoman furniture in this room
Monekying around at the lake front, waiting for a surprise boat ride
Bye bye people still on land!
Minaret seen from the lake
Flo was stopped by the ladies from this shop. They were very good at their job, usually he doesn’t stop. They offered home-made alcohol 😉
Freedom for the kids
We passed another ferry to the island in the lake
Very happy folks
Riding on the shopping cart while the AoE was sitting inside
The campsite turned out to be right at the lake with trees and grass all around. Perfect for the kids!
A portrait on the stone quay wall
If papa is walking on here, surely I can do it too!
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.
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