Kastoria, the Dragon’s cave and other monsters

Greece, Kastoria
kastoriaStill persecuted by the rain, but at least lucky in that it was not Monday, day of closure of all the city’s museums, we decided to take advantage of the weather to visit first the ethnological museum, which really deserves to be seen, then the cave of the dragon, that has some interesting peculiarities and finally the municipal aquarium that since the rain did not stop, at least gave us a roof for at least another half hour!
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Lausanne, olympic city

Switzerland, Lausanne
europe_switzerlandLausanne, one of French Switzerland major cities, is built on the shores of Lake Geneva with the peculiarity of having considerable height differences between the various areas of the city, up to more than 100 meters. It is known among other things for hosting the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee and for its dance school founded by the great Maurice Béjart.

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Kastoria, city on the lake

Greece, Kastoria
kastoriaKastoria is a small and quiet city in northern Greece, built on a peninsula on Lake Orestiada at about 700 meters above sea level. Well-known, unfortunately, for the production of fur, it is definitely worth a visit to appreciate the architecture of the old quarters as Dolciò, its more than fifty Byzantine churches and not least, the lake with its nature.
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