Rocks in the Air...

Because we'd elected to go to Igoumenitsa rather than Patras as that was the only option that gave us a cabin we had to look at our options on where next to go. We'd seen Meteora in the guidebooks but discounted it as too far North and we'd never get there. Now we could. We found the bus station in Igoumenitsa after some struggle. We asked about tickets and found that the next bus left in 15 mins. We were extremely lucky we found out later as this was a 5 1/2 hour bus trip and there was probably only a few a day. As is the way with Greek intercity buses we got dropped off on the outskirts of town. Luckily we'd been warned of this by a Swiss guy on the bus and he told us to cross the road and head up the hill and we'd find the town. We'd also got talking to a couple of French-Canadian girls who where also going to Kalumbaka (one of the towns near Meteora). They'd already organised accommodation so we tagged along with them. We ended up staying in the Koka Roka rooms. Arthur and his Mum took great care of us.

Anyway, Meteora is literally "rocks in the air". The area has phenonmenal geography. Rocks jutting out of the plains and on top of them monasteries have been built. Just incredible. We spent most of a day walking around getting some amazing views and going into a couple of the monasteries. Well recommended.