Meteora - Greece -22nd August 2005

Meteora - As it turns out, there are buses and taxi's going up to the Monestaries. You are still required to climb about 300 steps per Monestary but that is nothing compared to the trekking Richard was assuming we would have to do.

We took a taxi up. The taxi driver was born in Melbourne (being the third biggest greek capital) and had been back and forward from Greece to Melbourne just like Richard over his life time. He was telling us he lived in Burwood near Kmart. It is a small world.

The monestaries were amazing....how the hell they got all that stuff up those cliffs to build the monestries is beyond me.









Just after 1pm we left Meteora for Salonica. We arrived in Salonica at about 4pm and walked to another Motel recommended by the Lonely Planet book.

After siesta we went for a walk in the evening. Richard was disappointed with Salonica. We walked along the waterside and it is quite polluted. It is also a lot cooler here, which I am pleased with, however Richard likes the warmer weather for swimming. The traffic congestion is also bad in Salonica.