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The path leading to Moni Varlaam.

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The winch that was used to raise people and supplies up to the monastery.

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Now, they use an electric winch to do the same.

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A look back down at the path leading to Moni Varlaam.

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Yan's very first Burberry skirt.

Women must have a skirt that covers the knees. Fortunately, skirts are provided for those that aren't appropriately attired. Men must wear pants. Pants are not provided.

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One of the monastery's monks.

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Moni Agias Varvaras Rousanou. This monastery is occupied by nuns. Only a small part of the monastery is open to the public.

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A garden outside of Moni Agias Varvaras Rousanou. Clearly, nuns pay more attention on their "curb appeal".

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Walking in the rain to the next monastery.

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Two fellow walkers.

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This is the winding path we walked to Moni Agias Triados. This is the famous monastery shown in For Your Eyes Only - one of the 007 series. Unfortunately, it was raining for most of the walk to this monastery, so we did not get a good shot of the monastery atop its rock formation. This monastery required the most climbing of the four we visited. Visitors basically have to begin their ascent at the very bottom of the rock formation.

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The front of Moni Agias Triados.

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Moni Agias Triados has a nice cable car for moving non-tourists.

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A corridor inside Moni Agias Triados.

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Another interior shot of Moni Agias Triados.

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The "back yard" of Moni Agias Triados.

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Another view from the "back yard" of Moni Agias Triados.

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Some of the bells of Moni Agias Triados.

After visiting this monastery, we took a hiking path back down to the town of Kalambaka.

From Kalambaka, we took the bus to Trikala. Trikala has tons of restaurants/bars near the bus station, so we were able to kill time before catching the bus for Athens.

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Waiting to disembark from the ferry to Mykonos on Monday afternoon. This is the cargo hold where the cars are also kept.

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A view from our balcony at the Hotel Aegean in Mykonos. Our hotel had a great view of the sea. The hotel was about 600m down hill from Hora, the capital of Mykonos. Its staff was also very friendly.

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This is one of the open corridors leading to our hotel room.

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The roads are very narrow, so some hotels had mirrors to help avoid accidents. Scooters and 4 wheeled ATVs are very popular.

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On the walk to Hora, we spotted many cool looking hotels.

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White is the predominant color of many of the buildings in and around Hora.

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A small beach in Hora.

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Although white is the predominant color in Hora, there's splashes of other colors through out.

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This photo takes advantage of the many white buildings in Hora. There's another white wall across from Yan that's reflecting the sun onto her.

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One of the many cool looking restaurants in Hora. We had dinner here at their roof top garden later.

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Red flowering plants are popular outside of buildings. The pot is built into the wall.

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Colored clothespins seem to be popular on the Greek islands.

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More colored clothespins.

The photographer behind the shots or you may view as the "photographer's behind." :)

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The Church of Panagia Paraportiani, the most famous church in Mykonos. Apparently, it is actually five small churches enclosed in one building.

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Sunset by the windmills of Little Venice. Little Venice is the northwestern section of Hora. The photos don't show it, but there were hundreds of people watching the sunset from here.

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A small jewelry shop in Little Venice. Greece is famous for their gold and silver jewelry.

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There are many small churches in Hora. Churches with blue domes are very popular on the islands.

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Another nearby small church.

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The official island bird, the pelican.

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Another hotel between Hora and the Hotel Aegean.

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Tourists can brush the pelican for about a Euro. This tourist tried it but was quite frightened of the bird. This is the only photo from Tuesday. Unfortunately, Yan spent mot of the day sick in bed.

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We came across this shop while killing time waiting for the boat to Delos on Wednesday. Its stairs were lined with small works of art.

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A restaurant with the popular red flowers growing overhead.

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The island of Delos, believed to be the birth place of Apollo and his twin sister Artemis. Unfortunately, like many of the ancient sites in Greece, it was in ruins. It is a 30 min boat ride from Mykonos

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