Oh it was. I am going back there end of October. Women are strictly not allowed and can only see the place from a boat tour around the peninsular. It is a strange and fascinating place.
Ha ha, they do everything themselves. And have been for the last thousand years I think. Women are not allowed to step on the ground. The place is very difficult to get into. Even EU citizens (and even the Greeks themselves) still need a "visa" which one has to apply for well in advance. They run themselves and issue their own "visas". Greece insisted on a special exception from freedom of movement for them when they joined the EU. They are so extreme that even female animals are not allowed (they are vegetarian plus fish there) except cats. It really is a very strange and unique place.
I never would have dreamed such a thing would exist.
It looks hard to access yes (I googled it) The place looks almost as if it were carved out of the mountain.
It's like the Knight's watch in Game of Thrones. Good show. Alot of deaths though. George RR Martin likes to kill off his main characters and upset his readers/viewers.
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winterfish
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Date: 2016-04-05 01:19 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2016-04-05 09:44 pm (UTC)Pretty :)
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Date: 2016-04-05 10:00 pm (UTC)Women are strictly not allowed and can only see the place from a boat tour around the peninsular. It is a strange and fascinating place.
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Date: 2016-04-05 11:17 pm (UTC)Why aren't women allowed?
Athena
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Date: 2016-04-06 06:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-04-06 11:39 pm (UTC)Ah I see. The mountains, good place for a monastery.
Athena
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Date: 2016-04-07 12:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-04-07 02:36 am (UTC)I suppose men do need time away from the women.
Athena
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Date: 2016-04-07 06:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-04-07 06:57 pm (UTC)They don't even hang out with the nuns occasionally?
Athena
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Date: 2016-04-07 07:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-04-07 08:43 pm (UTC)How can they possibly survive without a few women around to keep things organised?
Athena
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Date: 2016-04-07 08:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-04-07 10:03 pm (UTC)Yes very strange. A totally 100% male society.
I never would have dreamed such a thing would exist.
It looks hard to access yes (I googled it) The place looks almost as if it were carved out of the mountain.
It's like the Knight's watch in Game of Thrones. Good show. Alot of deaths though. George RR Martin likes to kill off his main characters and upset his readers/viewers.
Athena