Meteora
April 17
I spent a good while out on the balcony of our grungy hotel room. The room has what my cousin and I believe to be blood stains on the ceiling, and what I can positively identify as squished bugs on the wall near my head. I spent a good amount of time contemplating the relative merits and drawbacks of this week in Greece. On the one hand, the hotels have been free, my uncle has been picking up the food tabs a lot, and we have been in a car, which means seeing much more of the country than I would have otherwise. On the other hand, they have had to put up with my sugar mood swings, adn I have been in more churches and church goods stores than anyone could ever want (except maybe my brother).
But my uncle and his car, got me to a very beautiful place today, and for that I am grateful. Meteora is a stunning place indeed! The little town below is largely touristy, but the landscape is incredible and very BIG. Rocky fingers jut straight up out of the ground, a result of some ancient volcanic activity, I imagine. There used to be twenty one monasteries hidden atop these rocks, but six or eight remain today. We visited one inside, a convent, and if I had to be a nun, Iàd want to live here…high above the earth, half way to heaven.
There was more souvlaki, salad and fries for lunch, and I am looking forward to a change in diet.
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