Friday, January 5, 2018

Day 13 - Shuttle to airport -> Flight to Frankfurt -> Transit -> Flight to Singapore

Avra Hotel provided a shuttle at 630am to fetch us to the airport. The journey took 20mins. Aegean Airlines was on time and take off at 910am.
Light breakfast (a pie?) was provided on board. Apparently yogurt is a staple.

Transitted at Frankurt for about 2 hrs before flying off en route to Singapore on SQ as Aegean Airlines is a star alliance airline.
Lunch Menu

Meals on board - fish & Rice

Brown Rice & pork belly

Breakfast menu

Both of us took Noodles

thank God We arrived safely in Singapore in the morning after 12 hours flight.

Thursday, January 4, 2018

Day 12 - Drove to Athens -> Lunch -> Check in Avra Rafina Hotel -> Shopping at Mcarthur Glenn Designer Outlet -> Dinner at Hotel

After checkout at 11am, we made our way back to Athens airport.
Compact and clean restroom along the highway so that not too much time is wasted detouring from the highway
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Lunch was cakes bought from Kalambaka town the day before.
Tiramisu - not very good



Chocolate cake

We checked in Avra Hotel before leaving for McArthur Glenn Designer Outlet. We stayed here because of an early flight the next morning. We chose a prepaid rate of 50€ for a night with no breakfast as we needed to be at the airport by 7am. We chose this hotel as it provides complimentary shuttle to and fro from the airport. Room size is ok but a little dated. It was clean though, good enough for a night. The heater in the room was not working so we covered ourselves with the thick blanket. Shower was ok. The shower curtain was too short so it flooded the bathroom after we showered.
Two twin beds

Entrance to room


Writing desk

Bathroom. Shower was not long enough


Basin


Basic Amenities

Dated and tired corridor

Our room

Room key

Lobby


PC at lobby

Hotel exterior


Seaside

After check-in and dropped off our luggages, we went shopping at McArthur Glenn Designer Outlet. The outlet was very empty with very few shoppers. In the foreground is a shopping mall.

McArthur Glenn Designer Outlet. After shopping, we returned the rental car at the airport and took the pre-arranged hotel shuttle at 730pm back to Avra Hotel.

We were lazy to venture out for dinner as it was very windy outside so we settled our dinner at the hotel.
We ordered chicken and ham spagetti in aglio aglio seasoning - it was tasty and delicious with 10% discount! this was the cheapest meal in a restaurant for the entire trip!


Cheese

Total Bill : 16:15€

Hotel restaurant - breakfast is served here

Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Day 12 - Meterora Monasteries

After breakfast, before checkout, paid another visit to the monasteries. Took a closer view at the monastries this round. All the monasteries were amazingly built on the cliffs.
Varlaam Monastery


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Roussanou Monastery taken from the foot of the cliff


Varlaam Monastery


Varlaam Monastery with Kalambaka at the base


Roussanou Monastery

Varlaam Monastery with a closer view


Grand Monastery



Varlaam Monastery


Plains of Kalambaka town at the base

Roussanou Monastery taken from a elevated height


Holy Trinity Monastery

Landscape of Meteora - Grand and Varlaam monastries at left

The 4 monasteries - from the highest - Grand Monastery, Varlaam, Rousanno and St Nicholas

holy Trintiy Monastery



Holy Trinity Monastery

Holy Trinity with Kalambaka Town at the base

Holy Trinity Monastery

St Stephen Monastery - the most accessible monastery with no steps to climb