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Meteora Monasteries Defy Logic and Inspire Awe

posted on : April 14, 2018 posted by : admin 0 Comment

Meteora was virtually unknown until 1981 when 007, as in Bond, James Bond, is left hanging from a rope off a cliff.  Bond has to climb up the face while the bad guy chips away at  anchors in the rock.  Who survives?  The bad guy or 007? In the climactic…

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Otherworldly Atmosphere of Meteora

posted on : April 14, 2018 3 Comments

“It’s got this otherworldly vibe about it, it had this really great energy, and I wanted to have a record that lived up to that energy.” – Chester Bennington on why he named Linkin Park’s second studio album after this unique rock formation in Greece. The name Meteora stems…

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Traveling to Meteora on the Train

posted on : April 13, 2018 0 Comment

We were warned about visiting Greece during the Greek Orthodox Easter (the week following the Christian Easter), but traveling the Friday before the Christian Easter proved interesting.  Turns out the Christian is big for traveling too. The trip to the Meteora monasteries was the first arranged tour we booked while…

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