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Meteora

Meteora is one of the coolest places on earth. And my pictures and descriptions just won't do it justice.

But on the bright side, my pictures and descriptions don't do anything justice. So Meteora isn't being cheated that much by my shortcomings.

Basically, Meteora has these natural rock formations shooting up into the sky. And around the 11th century, hermit monks began living around here. Eventually, to avoid the Turkish invasion, the monks decided to actually build monasteries on top of these rocks!



Meteora means 'in the air'. Because these monasteries seem to be floating in the air.



To this day, no one knows exactly how the monasteries were built. What we do know is that once they were built, if you didn't have the strength to walk up on your own - they had a basket and pulley to bring you up. There was just one small problem: They only replaced the ropes after God "allowed" them to break. Talk about having faith in God! I don't have that much faith. I'd be buying lots of rope if I lived there...