You can take them out of the bush....

I joined the geriatrics of the xorio for a day trip to Kastoria. Along the way there is a little church on an island; there is a 1km (rough estimate) bridge that joins the island to the mainland, the island is uninhabited and has some interesting ruins on it. While walking to one of the ruins someone spotted a tree with bright berries, to my shock and horror they all flocked to the tree and started eating the berries! We were on an uninhabited island, they could have been poisonous! I flapped my arms about and squealed we taught in school that the more pretty/ bright anything is in nature the more poisonous it is! They ignored me and tried to find out what the berries were, how you ask? By asking the next person who came along if they knew, and without fail each next person who came along popped a berry in their mouths to investigate!! I can only flap so much so I told them they were all going to die and walked off without looking back... god helps those who help themselves!

Forbidden Video

At the Byzantine Monastery of Panayia Mavriotissa in Kastoria you arent allowed to use a video camera inside the church, but you are allowed to take as many photos as you like *shrugs her shoulders*. Of course when you are FORBIDDEN to do something your inner 5 year old kicks in and you really really really want to do it. The priest was talking to the people outside, I took the gap and snuck into the church, I was about to take a sneaky video clip but chickened out...... maybe Jesus CAN see me? I dont want the Pearly Gates slammed in my face for a few seconds of youtube fame. So I took a video clip of the sign instead, how naughty am I?

If I had a rock...

KAZAAAAAAAM!! The ducks are fucked

Jesus was a black man

At the Byzantine Monastery of Panayia Mavriotissa in Kastoria there is an icon depicting Mother Mary and Jesus with dark skin, also called the Black Madonna. Erm thats pretty much all I learnt about churchy stuff today, I got distracted by a big tree while the priest was explaining