Happy Greek Easter 

9th April to 12th April

Athens to Kalambaka, Greece

The day after our last post the weather turned and we had a wet, windy and cold day for our hop-on hop-off bus trip around Athens including our visit to the Acropolis.  It was still an amazing experience and after a warming  cappuccino, at a nearby Cafe, we went to the new Acropolis museum which is excellent.

I did say it was cold.

After we had warmed from a long day in the cold weather we went to one of the many bars close to the hotel and enjoyed a few drinks, including some Ouzo, and some live traditional music. 

The next day the weather was a little better and we spent the morning walking around and stopping for coffee.  We also took another ride on the bus getting off to have a leisurely lunch in at a nice little cafe while enjoying the sunshine.

  We left Athens on the 11th and made our way North to Kalambaka (Metorea, known for it's cliff top Monastries)

 click this link see our ride for the day.

When we arrived at our motel, Koka Roka, it was suggested to us that we might like to go for a walk to the closest Monasteries.  Well you might be able to see it from the hotel but that doesn't necessarily mean it is a short walk given that it is straight up goodness knows how many meters.  Anyway after much complaining from me we finally made it to the top only to find out that it was going to shut in 5 minutes.  So it was the quickest visit anyone has probably made to the place because there was no way I was going to do that walk again the next day:)

Maurice takes in the surroundings while he waits for me to catch up.

Almost there!

Yeah we made it!

Today is the Greek Orthodox Easter and every one in town cooks Lamb on the spit and shares with their families. 

We had a pretty lazy day with a walk down to the town for coffee being the most active thing we did all day.

Koka Roka, our acommodation for the past couple of nights.