The monasteries of Meteora and on to Nafpaktos Photo Gallery by Kuriacose Joseph at pbase.com

The monasteries of Meteora and on to Nafpaktos

A painting in the stairwell of the hotel we stayed at in Kalambaka	A view from the stairway of our hotel in Kalambaka	The front of our hotel in Kalambaka	Cliffs with the monasteries of Meteora behind our hotel
The main drag in Kalambaka near our hotel	The cliffs of Meteora from behind our hotel in Kalambaka	The monastery of St. Stepehn towering over the town of Kalambaka	Flowers beside the pathway in Kalambaka
Our hotel in Kalambaka	Distant snowcapped mountain seen from our hotel room in Kalambaka	View from our hotel room in Kalambaka	The Natural History Museum in Kalambaka
Inside the Natural History Museum in Meteora	Inside the Natural History Museum in Meteora	In the Natural History Museum in Kalambaka	Inside the Natural History Museum in Kalambaka
In the Mushroom museum in Kalambaka	Inside the Natural History Museum in Meteora	Phallus Impudicus	About the founder of the mushroom museum
Near the place we are about to go truffle hunting in Meteora	The railway line to Kalambaka	Benfra, the truffle hunting dog, with her handler	Going truffle hunting in the woods of Meteora
Wildflower with visitors in the woods of Meteora	Truffle hunting with Benfra, the truffle hunting dog	Wild flowers in the woods of Meterora where we went truffle hunting	A truffle that was discoverd by Benfra, our truffle hunting dog
Truffle hunting in the woods	Wild flowers in the woods where we went truffle hunting	Wild flowers in the woods where we went truffle hunting	Wild flowers in the woods where we went truffle hunting
Following Benfra as she goes truffle hunting in the wood at Meteora	Wild flowers in the woods where we went truffle hunting	Cooking food for us for after the truffle hunt	At a picnic table waiting for lunch
Lunch tables in the woods near Kalambaka	A cooking appliance for mass cooking	Pasta and mushrooms	Cleaning out a truffle that has been just dug up
A black truffle just picked from the ground and cleaned	Pasta being cooked for lunch	Lunch after truffle hunting	Lunch being prepared for the group after the truffle hunt
With Benfra, the truffle hunting dog	Wild flower and visitor in the woods where we went truffle hunting	Wild flowers in the woods where we went truffle hunting	One of the fields of yellow flowers beside the road we were driving on
Sighting of the cliffs of Meteora and the town of Kalambaka from the bus	Driving beside the dry bed of the Pineos River	A toll-booth under construction on a new highway under construction	The Liakou Winery
The Liakou Winery	The Liakou Winery	The tasting room at the Liakou Winery	The wine storage and aging room at the Liakou Winery
The Amphora at Liakou Winery	Wine tasting at Liakou Winery	At the Liakou Winery	Awaiting the wine tasting
Cliffs of Meteora	View of one of the monsteries from the town of Kalambaka	A church in the outskirts of the town of Kalambaka	Dinner stop of our last night in Kalambaka
View of the rocks of Mateora from the restaurant	View of the rocks of Mateora from the restaurant	Streetside in Kalambaka	The train station in Kalmbaka
St. George Madilas (Saint George with the Scarves) - The hanging Scarves of Faith	Closeup of one of the monasteries at Meteora	One of the monasteries at Meteora	A view from the hills of Meteora
Two monasteries at Meteora	One of the monasteries at Meteora	One of the monasteries at Meteora	Tour group in front of some of the cliffs of formations of Meteora
Our group	Four of the monasteries of Meteora in this picture	One of the monasteries of Meteora	A panoramic view from a viewpoint at Meteora
Soaring high above the cliffs of Meteora	The Pineios river flows in the valley	Climbing the rocks at a viewpoint	One of the monasteries of Meteora
One of the monasteries at Meteora	Location of one of the monasteries in Meteora	Driving past one of the monsateries of Meteora	The monastery we visited
The monastery of St. Stephens	View from St. Stephens Monastery of the town of Kalambaka and the Pineios river	Inside the monastery (convent?) of St. Stephens	Inside the monastery (convent?) of St. Stephens
Panorama of Kalambaka and the Pineios river from St. Stephens Convent	Inside the monastery (convent?) of St. Stephens	In a store that make religious icons	Hotel rooms in Kalambaka framed by one of the cliffs of Meteora
Seen from the road out of Kalambaka	Seen from the road out of Kalambaka	Seen from the road out of Kalambaka	Seen from the road out of Kalambaka
Hillside village	The mountains outside of Kalambaka	Seen from the road out of Kalambaka	PIcture taken closer to the highway from the road out of Kalambaka
A village seen on the road out of Kalambaka	A rest stop on the highway at a bakery	Our bus in the parking lot of the bakery that we stopped at	A fantastic set of displays in the bakery
Highway sign as we get closer to Nafpaktos	Church beside the highway close to Nafpaktos

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