Life in Greece is still good. Last weekend feel like a little holiday within my “big holiday” for 9 months. Pascale and I went for the weekend to Larissa and it was great. Friday we arrived after a 6 hours trip and we went almost directly with the other volunteers to a wine festival where we get free wine. So we took for about 10 empty bottles with us and filled them up with wine.

The next day I went with Pascale and Peter to visit Meteora which is a really beautiful place (see pictures).

The Meteora (Greek: Μετέωρα, "levitating") are monasteries built on spectacular natural rock pillars. They are located in north-eastern Greece, on the edge of the Pindus Mountains and are included on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Their precise coordinates are 39°42′51″N, 21°37′52″E.

The religious nature of the location dates to the 11th century CE, when a few hermits settled upon the cliffs.

Construction was begun on the cloisters in the 15th century. They were intended as places of refuge in troubled times and access to them was thus made extremely difficult, requiring either long ladders lashed together or a windlass and rope system attached to a net.

We visited two monasteries and then we decided to take a different road back to the place where is the train station. We take a pad through de rocks and the monasteries but after a while it wasn’t a pad anymore and we can’t go back. So we had to continue and climb first up between the rocks and then go down which was quite dangerous. So I was happy when we finally see the village after a long walk and we survived.

Sunday we went to the beach near Larissa with almost all the volunteers. So I swim for the first time in the sea since I’m in Greece which was really nice. Of course I got burned again. I don’t know how it’s possible but after almost two months here I still get burned every time I go in the sun.

In the evening we played jungle speed, drink the wine from the festival and did a funny Japanese dance.