We were now off to Dion the religious centre of ancient Macedonia. We arrived at the deserted site and visited the small museum and viewed the beautiful frescoes within it first. There was an exceptionally beautiful one of Dionysus the god of wine and celebration, whom I suspected the city had been named after. We went down to the site, which was very green due to the rising water table in the area and passed the ancient stadium as well as a temple to Isis an Egy...

I was woken up especially early this morning and we boarded the bus and set off for the Meteora Monasteries. After a short while we started up the treacherous rocks towards this spectacle. The roads were narrow and I worried at times that the tour bus would slip over the edge, just one wheel and that's all it would have taken. It was very green and the giant rocks stood out of the sweeping plain, they almost looked to be drawn into a picture. We arrived at our fi...

I was again awoken by an early morning wake up call and went off to breakfast and then got back on the bus. The bus had parked front to the kerb of the hotel and now had to reverse out almost putting its wheels over one of the many precipices. After the driver, Vasilis, had managed this feat, we all clapped and cheered. Then we were off, it was only a short ride but quite a way up on Mt Parnassus. We entered the site and went straight up to the sanctuary and sat ...

I was awoken at 6:30am by my early morning wake up call, no matter how many times that had happens on this trip, I was never prepared for it. I procrastinated about getting up for a while before packing my stuff up and putting my suitcase at the door and going to breakfast. I put my two Greek pots in my carry on bag and took that with me. I sat down to breakfast with an older couple who were very nice and were especially interested in why I had chosen to travel a...

Our next stop was going to be Mycenae, the palace of Agamemnon. This was one places that I had been specifically interested in visiting and was one of three Bronze Age sites that I had structured my trip around, the other two being Knossos in Crete and Troy in Turkey. Mycenae was quite a long drive from Epidorus and the scenery was amazing. Giant, rocky mountains rose from the most clear aqua green water I had ever seen; there were olive trees everywhere and smal...