http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/svenpohl/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from svenpohl en-us Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:09:31 +0000 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:09:31 +0000 Saturday 20th September 2008 AlexandriaI 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 coffe http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Ohrid/blog-332554.html Thursday 11th September 2008 KozaniI 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 centra http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Central-Macedonia/Mount-Olympos/blog-329043.html 6th September 2008 IgoumenitsaThe ferry arrived in Igoumenitsa on the west cost of Greece on Sunday 6th of September around 645. 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 cl http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Macedonia/Kozani/blog-328304.html Travel Idea and Italy as Starting PointI 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 poin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Puglie/Brindisi/blog-328199.html