Meteora

We had the opportunity to visit Meteora, Greece last weekend and I wanted to share some photos from one of God's beautiful places in the world. 

This was my first view.... 

There are a handful of Orthodox monasteries which were built in the 13th-15th centuries and are still occupied. I can't imagine being the monk who first decided to build a monastery not just on a cliff, but on a rock pillar. How....? I'll probably never know. 

We stumbled upon a trail going down into a valley from one monastery and decided to be adventurous. It was like we'd stepped into Middle Earth.

I really like my camera's panorama feature. (You can click on a photo to see it bigger.)

If you look really, really closely on the right in this one you can see a person traveling in a bucket across some wires from the hillside to the monastery. Most people get there by stairs and a bridge, but I guess this guy likes to travel in style.

I can hardly wait to go back. Who's going to come visit with us? :-)