On our way

By Deborah - So we started biking a few days ago.. getting out of Athens was really good because it went to plan, but really average because they were busy chaotic streets with lots of double parked cars that made it quite hairy passing on a bike in the narrow streets. We caught a ferry to get to the beach part quickly (well also to get over the body of water). It got immediately more low key - thank the gods! First impression was mixed... Greece is full of ruins - modern ruins and ancient ruins. We saw a lot of modern ruins and got chased by a lot of ruined dogs. At this point, I have to talk about the lady that stopped us at lunch, curious where we’re from, she insisted we try the local famous cake - walked into the bakery and bought us one each!! The people make Greece! They are incredibly friendly and giving - it’s overwhelming ❤️. But still I wasn’t convinced the first day nor the second actually. The second day, we biked into the wind amongst huge petrol plants with signs everywhere saying “no photos” I was thinking “why the hell would you want to?” We ended the day at a cool little beach campground - the turning point...  I think we hit the greek riviera! Beautiful and pretty flat on the edges. 

First moment of the journey - ground zero

The ferry over

Freaking old olive trees with so many little fruit buds you can see why this is famous

So happy to see a dog that didn’t feel the need to attack! The first day Johan installed a stick holder on each of our bikes. Thankfully (so far) the dogs have a healthy respect for the stick. A lot of the locals seem to walk with sticks too. I don’t know what I’d choose if I had to use it... I think it just makes me look taller

The Corinthian channel. It’s 90 metres deep and 21 metres wide and 6.5 km long. It links the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. The only thing that restricts traffic is the size of the boat.

I saw this guy come through but there was a huge ship coming very slowly behind - that would have been spectacular to see.

The coastline was soso

The landscape soso

Then stuff got a whole lot better

Ancient Corinthia

While Johan was sick, I cooked what I like 😃

It was delicious

Just catching sardines

Water break


Each little village led into each other

Lots of outlooks with terracotta rooves and stony beaches



Comments

  1. James18 May 2019 at 00:36

    Looking awesome you guys. Keep up the blog and pics.

    All good back here at Konini

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