after leaving beautiful Skopelos, we headed to Meteora, in central Greece. The man at Hotel Sydney said we needed at least 2 days to be able to see the monasteries on the cliffs, and he was right. We climbed up the cliffs and saw 3 monasteries and 2 convents. They are eastern orthodox and so the art work in them is very different. In fact, they had a chapel in the Great Metamorphasis Monastery that had saints with their heads cut off. They had sun discs and there was blood jutting from their throats. Eileigh and I had a hard time of not laughing, since Monte Python seems to be the film we are quoting on the trip!!! It was quite a hike from each one but teh view was worht it. At each one women are required to wear a skirt, but since it is so windy up there we just wore the ones provided-felt like in the Sound of Music. Luckily the weather was great and we didn't have to rush. I made us take this picture on top of this lookout rock, but poor andy is afraid of heights!
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