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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More poetry
The mosaics in the Chora church were really fantastic and inspired Doris to Poesy: I am a Pasha With a hat I wear my turban Just like that Some people say That it’s too fat But I am THE Pasha And this is MY hat.
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Interview with Sid and Doris after Phase 1
Q: So the Epic Journey to Istanbul has delivered! What changes did you make as you went along? Doris: I think we became a little more fixated on Istanbul as a destination as we went on, and that straightened the route out and that meant less sightseeing. We didn’t go to some bits of Bulgaria and Romania that we originally…
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Day 53 Sightseeing in Istanbul
In which Sid and Doris go to the Topkapi Palace; after several trips to Istanbul this is apparently their first time
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Scheduled Route Re-Plan #2
The Epic Journey was originally conceived of in three parts, adding up to 16 weeks plus a bit in the UK to get home from the ferry: 1. An outward leg to somewhere Epic 2. A slower bit with some free time taking ferries across to Greece and Italy and having some chill-out time en route, eating leetle feeshes in…
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