Saturday, 20th September 2008 - Alexandria I cycled in the afternood and it felt nice to be on the road again. Short before Alexandria my view fell on a shop where several strange things where offered: broken music instruments, old mashines, tools, and even beds! I liked it :) I stopped and talked to the shop owener Ioannes (Johannis, an about 55 year old man) with a smile. He invited me to a coffee, and in fact I could sleep at his house later. When he closed the shop, I left the bike there and he took me with his car to a big market and fair, where I was invited for food and bought some shoes that I hoped would suit my better for cycling. I made sure that I had his phone number, so ... read more

6th September 2008 - Igoumenitsa The ferry arrived in Igoumenitsa on the west cost of Greece on Sunday, 6th of September around 6:45. Jon and I left the ferry on the bikes and imidiately started our journey towards Ioannina, heading east for Thessaloniki (distance: 375 kilometers). The first hills were exhausting since I did not train at all for this trip, and the first day of cycling included a climb to 700m and down again. Jons tire exploded of the heat his breaks had caused on the steep way down the hill - something I will remember to check downhill. I had my first Frappe in the nice coffee where he stopped to change his tube. I like Greece :) We did not reach Ioannina as hoped, where there is the first camp site, but we ... read more