Meteora the long way round

Long weekend 13-16 November 2015

Sometime around the turn of the year, when we were grousing as usual that despite living in Greece we never seemed to see any of it except Lefkada, I said, Right, let's make sure we go somewhere this year.  So I picked Meteora, and booked rooms in mid-November.

We spent a day sorting out the Punto before its mega road trip (about 400km, but  it usually only goes to the shops).  I applied some Lidl seat covers and foot mats to pimp it up, and Dave took off the roof rack that acts as a speed limiter at 80km/h (about 50mph).  Into the garage for an oil change, and we were off.

 The pimped-up Punto

 Following a random roadsign got us to Zeros Lake, very beautiful.  This photo snapped at the exact moment Dave said, Is that a fish jumping over there?  A little later, as we walked around the shoreline, an enormous fish broke the water only three metres away from us - something the size of a small dolphin! (Possibly a catfish?)  Dave decided not to cast a fly if there were monsters in there.

 A surprising find: snowdrops - in Greece, in November, in 25 degrees ...

 A Roman aqueduct - yes, in Greece.  Built by Octavius/Augustus to get water to his victory city of Nikopolis - celebrating the defeat of Mark Anthony and Cleopatra.  Nice bit of history to be fishing under.

 Great place to play with the new camera

Third and final stop on day one: the spring-fed pool that is the source of the Louros River.  Incredibly clear and still and deep.