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 [View Full Entry]

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Thursday, 11th September 2008 - Kozani I had my cloths washed in a washing shop for the local students and asked people for a cheap hostel to stay. A beautiful girl (there are so many of them in this town) recommended a hotel near the center: Anesis Hotel. They charged me 25 Euro for the cheapest room they had with a shared bathroom. In the evening I made contact to a local shop owner on the central square of Kozani, which is a great place to relax, talk and watch the passing people. His name is Baschos, he worked in Germany [View Full Entry]

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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 [View Full Entry]

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Travel Idea and Italy as Starting Point I start this blog 28 days after the beginning of my travel because I noticed I repeat myself so often, telling my friends about my travel experiences. If other Travellers are interested in my experiences, I am happy to share with them. I chose English as language for my blog because of that and so that friends I make on my travel can follow, too. Starting point was a trip to Italy to the area of Urbino with the Choir and Orchestra of the University of Bamberg in Germany. I was stuck in melancholy [View Full Entry]

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