Day 60 Piraeus to Corinth
In which Sid and Doris benefit from Saturday traffic negotiating Piraeus and the commuter ferries.
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Category: Cycling
Games People Play – Part 2
So I mentioned Spotto and its variants. Part of the pleasure of this game is creating new versions on the fly – “Boato” has been going for a while and requires the boat to be in a very unlikely position/condition, for example in the middle of a roundabout. In Lesvos we were talking to some repeat visitors who explained that…
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Day 59 Leaving Lesbos for Piraeus
In which Sid and Doris ride over the hills to Mytilini, buy ferry tickets for Piraeus and check into a hotel for a few hours before the ferry leaves.
Read moreWhat do you think about when not cycling? – part 2
1. Coffee OMG we are back in the Land of the Latte. Brits drive the Italians mad by calling it a Latte, obviously it is a Caffe Latte otherwise you will only get a funny look and a glass of hot milk, but ever since maybe Hungary we haven’t had a decent cup of coffee. In Serbia, Bulgaria and Turkey…
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Day 58 Getting ready to leave Lesbos
In which Sid and Doris enjoy the English expat life and meet a long distance cyclist at Barry Hoban’s bar.
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Day 57 A quiet day in Petra
In which, paradoxically, Sid and Doris see a Balkan house and idle by the sea.
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Day 56 Assos to Petra, Lesbos, Greece
In which Sid and Doris cross to Greece, finding the Hostaholic in Petra.
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Day 55 Troy and Assos
In which Sid and Doris cross the Dardanelles, see Troy, sneak a lift a few miles south and find a ‘new’ ferry to Lesbos.
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Day 54 Eceabat and Gallipoli
In which Sid and Doris evade Istanbul traffic with their very own trip to Gallipoli.
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Mosaics and museums and me
As I mentioned, I got a bit philosophical while cycling across the Danube plain, and I decided it was time to focus on something other than war. 1. Mosaics I have always been fascinated by mosaics. I had “Mini Mosaic” as a child, fun to make the mosaics but a terrible challenge to prise the little tiles out of the…
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