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Heading up to Meteora  
   

Heading up to Meteora

You can just make out St. Nicholas on the rock to the lower right. That was my first stop.
Up to the Monasteries

June 30th 2012
Set off in the morning for the long hike around the monasteries. What makes this worth not having a car is the fact that you can follow the monopatia, or the monk's paths that wind through the forest. These were once secretive routes that connect all of the major monasteries, and, as the name implies, were followed by the monks. Meteora is a series of monasteries that these monks built on the ... read more
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