Goodbye, Meteora!

Today we said goodbye to beautiful Meteora. First we enjoyed a wonderful morning there, and an extra late 3pm checkout! I went on an exhilarating 20-mile bike ride, and Tom did the Holy Trinity hike that I did yesterday. We made apple pancakes in our apartment for brunch -- interestingly, we couldn't find a single bit of maple syrup in town -- the grocer suggested chocolate syrup, so thats what we used. That was interesting 😉. Exactly when we left to make our way to the train station, it started to rain. Good timing. Today's 5-hour excursion back to Athens went fast -- some very nice Greeks in our train car. On arrival at our loft apartment in Athens after dark, we gasped at the lovely view of the lighted Acropolis on one side, and Lycabettus Hill on the other.Read more