Kalambaka 1998

Jo-Ann

Goats in the mountains on the way to Kalambaka

21.7.98 - Left the boat about 9am and drove strait from the port of Igoumenitsa to Ioannina, a lovely little town.  We had breaky there and rang Pam.  Drove on trying to reach Kalambaka over the mountains.  A very slow windy road, took us a long time.  Arrived there about two in the afternoon and found a place to stay.  We had a corner room which was very noisy.  We looked around the town and found some wonderful restaurants and I discovered Retsina.  The people in the motel did all my washing for free.  We couldn't go to dinner till 8.30 pm.


Christian

St Stephen's Monastery

Day 26 - Today we got off the ferry and drove to a place called Kalambaka, which is famous for its monasteries that are on top of a mountain called Meteora.  They built the monasteries on top of the vertical mountains because when the barbarians invaded learning almost died out everywhere except for in the monasteries.  The barbarians couldn't invade the monasteries because the only way up was to be hoisted up in a net, so they would just pull the net up and be safe from flying stones.  Tomorrow we are going up to see some monasteries.


Joshua

Lunch at Kalambaka

Day 26 - Today we had to get up at 6 am in the morning because that's when we got to Greece.  When we got to the dock we had to get the car and then put the car on the car lift so that we could get out.  When we got out we were in a place called Igoumenitsa.  In Ioannina we had breakfast, went shopping and bought some shampoo.  We drove up a mountain and through lots of mountains and it took a long time until we got to Kalambaka where we found a hotel and had lunch at a little restaurant and the food was really nice.  Then we walked up town and looked in shops and markets and bought some souvenirs and shoes.  Then we went back to the hotel and had a rest for a couple of hours.  Then went went up town again and had tea at a restaurant and the food was nice there as well.