Continuing the journey through Greece, I have made it to Meteora! After the last night in Athens and leaving in three inches of snow, we arrived in Meteora a little before 6pm. Shortly after, the city or town was explored. I find it to be quite quaint and must be a hot tourist destination in the summer as there are many hotels, cafes, tavernas, and beautiful places to sit if there were flowers. Today, we went up to the monasteries in the sky. The first place we went to was Varlaam and the second of St. Stephen. The bus wound it's way up the valley to the rock pillars rising up out of what was once a lake bed but the sandstone was washed away leaving these great fixtures. Once we were at the top, we
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