Up we all got, found Selina in her room the other side of the hotel, and had breakfast.  My notes do not tell me what this was.  The town was at the base of the rocks.  The town had many hotels catering for the visitors to Meteora.  The rock in front of us, had a Monastery and illuminated cross on the top.  The cross was very bright at night.  Today there were large birds circling in the thermals around the cliff face.

As we left the village, going up the road to the rocks, we could see caves in the cliff walls.  These caves were used by the ancient Greeks to shelter their flocks.

The monasteries were build on the top of the cliffs in the 14C to give them protection from the marauding Slavs.  Once there were twelve thousand, nuns and hermits living here.  By the 17C the number of monasteries had decreased to 5 because of taxes and earthquakes. Now there are five to eighteen mocks or nuns living in each monistory.

First Stop was the Monastery of Saint Nicolas

Second stope was the Monastery of Saint Barbara Roussanou

Third stop was the Great Meteoron which we visited.

Fourth stop was for the James Bond Monastery

After this we left, and stopped at an icon shop and bought some worry beads, then it was lunch where I had some Retzina.  Rosemary and I had BBQ pork lumps of meat, Selina had Mousakka.  Very yummy.  Back on the coach at 1.05 for the long trip back to Athens.  Quick stop for coffee at 3.15 and back at the hotel  Palace in Glyfidia for 7.20.

Had a swim in the sea, then supper in the hotel at 8.45.  Beefburger for Steve, chicken for Rosemary with liver and rice and salad.  Selina just had Salad.  Very slow service, decided we would not eat there the next evening.