Trip to Meteora (My journey in Greece series) - Part 1

Last couple of days were truly amazing. We've had a friends visiting us all the way from Romania to spend three days with us and, thankfully, we managed to get on board for a trip to the beautiful city of Meteora.

It is very hard to describe to you the feeling one gets when you step outside of the bus and you look around at one of the most astonishing landscapes one can witness. I was stunned at first by the sheer impossibility of this place even existing.

When you hear that the monasteries were build somewhere around the 12th century and they got bigger and bigger, step by step throughout the years, you can't stop imagining how it was for the first monks who settled here. Someone had to climb all the way to the top and start putting the bases for the future monastery.

We got the chance to visit two of them. The first one was dedicated to Saint Stephan. You walked past a narrow and very small wooden bridge and you were already there, inside the fortifications.

Getting through the archway you could see this wonderful courtyard with blossoming trees and next to it the entrance to the church, which had paintings on each and every square inch of the inside walls. You could definitely read whole stories and legends just by looking at them.

Further to the back was a large open area where I've managed to get a view of the city below. The wind was slowly blowing, the rain had just stopped and the Greek flag was waving slowly and steadily.

This garden was made up of peace and I can only imagine how it is for the monks living here when there are no visitors at all.

From far away you can marvel at the monastery, steadily holding its place on top of the rocks, where it stood for hundreds of years.

Due to the number of photographs and the post being a bit too long, I'll split it in two parts. Tomorrow I will show you the other monastery we have visited, which truly embodies the hardships the monks had to get through while making it happen.

Hope you've enjoyed my post :) And as always, have a great day, friends!