村と岩 A village and rocks

標識がギリシャ語、地図が分りづらい。
そんな中、レンタカーでテサロニキからメテオラに向かう途中、小さな村に迷い込みました。
人も車もいっぱいで、お祭りか何かあるのでしょう。
きれいな村で民族衣装をきた人もいて得した気分でした。

Signposts were written in Greek symbols, a map wasn't easy to read.
On the way to Meteora from Thessaloniki, we strayed into a small village.
There were many people and cars there. It seemed to be a day of festival or something similar.
The village was lovely and a few people wore folk costumes, I felt lucky to go there.

さて、来る途中の紅葉もきれいでしたが、メテオラに着いたらその巨岩はやはり圧巻でした。
メテオラはその奇石群とその上に建つ修道院、文化自然複合の世界遺産として知られています。
公共交通の便はあまりよくないようで（まあ、修道院は世俗から離れたところにあるものだから当然かもしれませんが。）、車で連れて行ってくれた友人に感謝！でした。車なしでは回れないくらい、あちこちに岩山と修道院が点在していて、「よくまあ、こんなところに建てたなあ」というのがとりあえず一番の感想です。

Also on the way, there were wonderful mountains covered in autumnal foliage. The huge rocks in Meteora were outstanding.
Meteora is well known as a UNESCO World heritage site for its mixture of nature and culture. It has ranges of unusually shaped rocks and monasteries on top of them.
There was poor public transportation to travel there. Monasteries are often in isolated places, so I was thankful for my friend's help in taking me by car. The rocks and the buildings were too scattered to go around without a car. My first thought was how they had built them in such a place.