Blogs from Kavala, Central Macedonia, Greece, Europe - page 2

Geo: 40.6197, 22.9442 GUN 3 günlerden PAZARTESİ Gece 04:00 te yattım, ama 09:00 da ayaktaydım. Uykumu güzel almışım. Oda biraz rutubetli ama idare eder ayrıca pek mahzuru yok. Kahvaltıya gittik ve Mariya' ya dün gecenin raporunu verip teşekkür ettik. Bugün bankaya gitmem gerek. Fazla yük taşımayalım diye, bazı kupürler 500 Euroluk ve bu kupürleri banka dışında kimse cesaret edip bozmuyor.... Şahbaz'a atlayıp en yakın bankaya gittim. Bugün, bedava para dağıtma günü imiş ..bankalar adam almıyor.. Numara alıp bekliyorum ve içimden, kasaya vardığımda, "affedersiniz yanlış yerdesiniz" uyarısını nasıl hazmedeceğimi düşünüyorum. Nitekim korktuğum başıma geldi.. Allah'tan daha pozisyonlu biri ,dangalakis adlı kızın ,olayı kavrayamadığını ve paramızı daha küçük kupürlerle değiştirmek istediğimizi anladı. Olaya müdahale etti... Meğersem Dangal... read more

The next bunch of days in Greece were very relaxing. The first day we were there (the one where we arrived so early) we took a nap right away. While we did that Emmy and Litsa went down to the fish market to get the next couple days’ dinners. Dan woke once our hosts had returned (probably sometime around 1000 hrs). Ashley followed not too long after. Dan learned that if you have a fishy smelling fish or a floopy fish, it ain’t a fresh fish. We both learned how to clean fish, but Dan was the only one with enough guts to do it (excuse the terrible pun). For the small fish (Sardines me thinks) it was rather simple. You just pop off the whole head and pull. For the big fish (Mackerel) it was ... read more

Total Distance Cycled: 516km The winds calmed down overnight, but we were still left with cold weather. We wore our jackets and gloves for the first time. We first had to climb over a mountain pass, which brought the temperature down much too low for comfort. We could see our breath at this point… After that, though, the rest of the day was our best so far. We cycled at least half of the day on one of Greece’s new freeways, which was quite impressive. 130kmh is the speed limit here! We even had the wind working with us now! Since we were making good time, we decided to press on from Komotini (our originally planned stop) and stop at Xanthi for the day. This would make the next day to Kavala that much easier. As ... read more

Was haben ein Opel Astra und ein Röntgen-Gerät gemeinsam? Gute Frage, das Einzige wohl, dass beide am heutigen Tag einmal zur gleichen Zeit am gleichen Ort waren: der türkisch-griechischen Grenze. Nach einer recht billigen Nacht für 60 türkisches Geld (Zur Wiederholung: 1 Euro = 1,74 Geld) in einem 2-Zimmer Appartement mit 5 Betten, einem Balkon, einer Kochecke und nur einer Minute Fußweg zum Strand und einer kleinen Diskussion, ob der Rückweg über Albanien oder dem Kosovo eingeschlagen wird (Wir entschieden uns dann trotz Ein- und Ausreisegebühr von jeweils 10 Euro für Albanien, da wir beim Kosovo durch Serbien müssten), ging es in leichtem morgendlichen Regen los zur Grenze. Diese war nach 80 Kilometern und einem verdutzten Tankwart, bei dem wir nur für 15 Geld getankt hatten, schnell erreicht. Links und Rechts nur grimmig guckende Soldaten und ... read more

Well we have finally made it to the Med. Along the way we have had blood with the little tumbles on the bikes, sweat as we battled with the hill of Bulgaria and finally tears of emotion as we saw the Med for the first time. We both can't believe we have come so far. A lot has happened since our last entry. As Dave kindly put it in one of his comments I've lost more of my winter body and there is defenately more room in the tent. We were glad to leave Hungary. Three things happened on our last day that was the final straw. First after I left the internet cafe I decided to get a hair cut. The hairdresser didn't speak English so I indicated I just wanted a trim. She nodded ... read more