For our wednesday excursion we headed to the close by Perama Cave located just outside Ioannina city center. On the short bus ride down there a fellow student asked Taso as he was explaining some information about the cave itself "who where the stalagmites and stalactites" thinking these were famous Greek Gods or what not. It was quite humorous. The cave itself is around 9 square miles but visitors are only allowed in about a fifth of that area. We took about an hour tour through the cave with an enthused tour guide who explained all the different formations and funny things they looked like. There was one section that was called the vegetable garden because a lot of the formations resembled veggies such as broccoli and giant asparagus (but we all saw something else). The cave had been found during WWII when residents of the nearby village needed refuge from bombing from the Germans. The cave is unique because it olds 19 different types of stalactites and stalagmites (usually only around 6 to 10 in other caves). No pictures were allowed inside the cave because of the flash and its "damages" it could cause to the rock... Well needless to saw when anyone tells me that something is not allowed well it just makes me what to that much more. So I got some pictures but it was slightly dark in there so they are not that good. We were also not allowed to touch any of the rock because the place is
LIVING again I didn't see the rocks getting up and striking up a convo with me. So feeling like the Grim Reaper for the rocks linnie and I would randomly touch the rocks along the path. The cave all in all was one of the coolest things I have seen actually. It was so amazing how massive everything was and that something like that could form naturally.
After the cave we jumped back in the bus and drove off the the water front where we would catch a tiny rickety boat that would take us across the lake to the small island. Here on the island the famous Ali Pasha was beheaded within his own house. Ali Pasha was a local ruler of Ioannina during the Ottoman occupation in Greece and his harsh ruling was one of the causes for the Greek National Movement for independence. One the island we had the most delicious baklava I have had yet here. It was soaked in honey and sugar and lined with thin pastry slips that just milt in your mouth. After some walking around we headed back to the main town area and sat down at the infamous restaurant that served frog legs. We, in groups of three, split the plates of frog legs (6 per plate - 2 each). They actually were not too bad. There wasn't much meat on them and they also were fried. That meal goes on some of the stranger foods I have eaten in my life.
For our wednesday excursion we headed to the close by Perama Cave located just outside Ioannina city center. On the short bus ride down there a fellow student asked Taso as he was explaining some information about the cave itself "who where the stalagmites and stalactites" thinking these were famous Greek Gods or what not. It was quite humorous. The cave itself is around 9 square miles but visitors are only allowed in about a fifth of that area. We took about an hour tour through the cave with an enthused tour guide who explained all the different formations and funny things they looked like. There was one section that was called the vegetable garden because a lot of the formations resembled veggies such as broccoli and giant asparagus (but we all saw something else). The cave had been found during WWII when residents of the nearby village needed refuge from bombing from the Germans. The cave is unique because it olds 19 different types of stalactites and stalagmites (usually only around 6 to 10 in other caves). No pictures were allowed inside the cave because of the flash and its "damages" it could cause to the rock... Well needless to saw when anyone tells me that something is not allowed well it just makes me what to that much more. So I got some pictures but it was slightly dark in there so they are not that good. We were also not allowed to touch any of the rock because the place is LIVING again I didn't see the rocks getting up and striking up a convo with me. So feeling like the Grim Reaper for the rocks linnie and I would randomly touch the rocks along the path. The cave all in all was one of the coolest things I have seen actually. It was so amazing how massive everything was and that something like that could form naturally.
After the cave we jumped back in the bus and drove off the the water front where we would catch a tiny rickety boat that would take us across the lake to the small island. Here on the island the famous Ali Pasha was beheaded within his own house. Ali Pasha was a local ruler of Ioannina during the Ottoman occupation in Greece and his harsh ruling was one of the causes for the Greek National Movement for independence. One the island we had the most delicious baklava I have had yet here. It was soaked in honey and sugar and lined with thin pastry slips that just milt in your mouth. After some walking around we headed back to the main town area and sat down at the infamous restaurant that served frog legs. We, in groups of three, split the plates of frog legs (6 per plate - 2 each). They actually were not too bad. There wasn't much meat on them and they also were fried. That meal goes on some of the stranger foods I have eaten in my life.
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