After a grand old breakfast of Greek yoghurt and honey, we went up into the spindly cliffs of Meteora to visit some Byzantine monastaries. These were used in the Roger Moore James Bond film For Your Eyes Only. We visited the Monastary of the Transfigured Saviour, the largest of the 6 surviving (of 24). More heady cliff top views that I wouldn't recommend to Mum or Lis. Home to Orthodox monks and a posse of pregnant pussycats (really!). There were some musuems, beautifully painted chapels and even an ossuary with the monks' skulls.The avo was a long drive back to Athens, but we did stop at Thermopylae (pronounced thermo-pee-lay) where the 300 Spartans faced down the Persian army until they were betrayed. Dad has since informed me that the NZ forces faced down a German Panzer division here during WWII in a nearly exact reactment of the famous stand.
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