Showing posts with label Monastery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monastery. Show all posts

Friday, 25 October 2013

Monastery Agios Georgos Valsamitis dedicated to St George

Monastery Agios Georgos Valsamitis dedicated to St George

The other monastery on Amorgos!  A steep but do-able walk up from Katapola.  But easier to get transport to the monastery the first time you go as it is easier to find katapola when you are walking down than it is to find the monastery when you are walking up!

Monday, 26 March 2012

Strip Tease at a monastery

  A few years ago each time I saw a group of very respectable looking French ladies we would say "strip tease" to each other and start giggling.

It was like this...............

We had met in the lobby of a monastery, where we had been pulling on extra layers of clothes over our shorts and T shirts before visiting the monastery.  And on leaving we had pulled off the said extra layers of clothes.  One of us said "strip tease".................