Our Strange and Unpredictable Backpacking vacation in Greece! During The COVID-19 Pandemic (Meteora Day 9, 10, 11 &12)
Varlaam Monastery....Aren't it FABULOUS & MAGNIFICENT! Day 9 (18th March 2020) On our way to Kalambaka. After a few hours of sleep in our Piraeus Hotel room, my alarm woke us up at 5.30am to prepare our 5 hours train journey to Kalambaka. The Piraeus Train station is about 10 mins walk from our hotel, we reached there at about 6.15 am. Waited for a while for the ticket window to open. Sigh.................was told the morning train from Palaeofarsalos to Kalambaka was cancelled due to COVID-19. There was only one train daily going to Kalambaka ie. at 6.20pm from Palaeofarsalos, will reach Kalambaka at 7.16pm., OMG SO...SO... SAD.....& DISAPPOINTED!! So, we got the tickets to Athens station first; at 6.44am and waited at the Athens Central Station for the 3.22pm train from Athens to Palaeofarsalos then @ 6.20pm to Kalambaka! Another WHOLE day wasted for travelling, was supposedly to reach Kalambaka at 11.30 am now at 7.20 pm!!!. Really..... all our plans