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| Monastery built into Mountainside |
A mountain region in the North of Greece you will find Meteora. A five hour train ride, reasonably priced, fairly comfortable ride, but be advised to bring food to snack on.
We were lucky enough to sit next to Yia Yia, who shared her delicious basket of food.
On arrival we are amazed by spectacular views of Meteora. Meteora "The rocks of God "are monasteries built by monks by hands with only rustic tools, grit.
During Turkish invasion, Turks tried to destroy Greek religion, writings. Monks fled to the top of the mountains built these incredible monasteries.
They designed baskets on a pulley, rope system to lower themselves down. When turks came they hoisted basket up secured them, so they couldnt be reached. Because of their ingenuity, Ancient Greek religion, ✍writings ,teachings were preserved.
I asked our group to pick a word to describe Meteora and the consensus, there are no words. This is the first time our group was left speechless!
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| Magical Mysterious Meteora |
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| Beautiful simplicity |
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| Transportation back &forth |
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| Monasteries built into Mountainside |
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| Magestic mountains |
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