Blogs from Epirus, Greece, Europe - page 5

Geo: 39.5046, 20.2599 GUN 3 Günlerden Pazartesi Çok güzel bir uykudan sonra 08:00 da kalktık. Duşumu aldım. Arabayı toparladım. Yandaki komşularımıza "Bye" dedik. Selanikli olmalarına rağmen, tatillerini burada geçiren iki kadın arkadaş, komşularımız.... "Şam fıstık, tüm duvarları yıkar". Öyle de oldu ... Mariya'ya paramızı ödedik ve 08:35 te yola vurduk. Pazartesi olması nedeniyle trafik kalabalık. MIO ya fazla güvenmiyorum. Ne olur ,ne olmaz diye 50 E bir yakıt takviyesi yaptım. Kafama göre sürerek ve MIO ya fazla aldırmadan çevre yoluna daldım. Igoumenitsa diye bir tabela veya işaret yok. Bu nedenle Athina yönüne doğru akıyorum. Gişelere 2 E verdim ve ilerledim. Azıcık ilerledim ki, içime bir kurt düştü yeni ya... read more

Actually in Konitsa and have asked for it to be added to the database. A whole load of fantastic scenery today. After a quick blast up the Via Egnatia, amazing in an engineering sense, tunnels, bridges, up into mountains, we took the old highway (E90) from Siatista to Konitsa. This road is fantastic, narrow in places, mountain passes, bends, hairpins, wild scenery, eagles, rivers, and almost n traffic. We stopped and took some photos on the way, which will probably not do justice to the scenery, but never mind. I was able to drift along for 150KM of sheer fun. Ashley was driving so I got to see more of the scenery and the wildlife, like the eagle who flew up beside me, giving me good front and rear views as he caught into the air ... read more

Well, it’s been a while. It's not that there hasn't been anything to write about, it’s more like I've been suffering from the crushing weight of too much to tell. Yes, I am a procrastinator, but hopefully this entry will make up for my lack of communication. A couple free weeks, a backpack, a bus schedule, and a sister. What can you do with this combination? Well, let me tell you the weeks will be too short, the backpack too heavy, the bus schedule wrong, and the sister...well sisters are sisters, yet it really will be amazing! (Especially if you throw into the mix a foreign land and language). Well, this year I had all the ingredients ready for an amazing experience, my sister was coming to visit me for my Easter break, and together we ... read more

Ioannina a Pamvotis tó nyugati partján fekszik, a török uralom idején nőtte ki magát fontos kereskedelmi és kultúrális központtá. Fénypontjét talán Ali pasa uralkodása idején érte el. Ma is fontos egyetem található itt, de nem a városban magában, hanem a városon kívül, így a diákok teljesen el vannak szeparálva a központtól. Helen, az észt lány jött ide tanulni a szalonikai nyelvkurzus után, de nem sok jót nem tudott mondani. Egyébként állandóan Szalonkiben hesszelt, mert az órái nem angolul voltak, ezért nem kellett bejárnia, mert midenhova esszéket kellett írnia, és a barátai meg mind ott voltak, nem Ioaninában. Ioannina amúgy szép hely, főleg a tó meg a kis sziget teszi különlegessé, de összességében nem éreztem magam olyan jól Ioanninában. Életem legbüdösebb hotelében aludtam itt. Vagyis nem volt olyan büdös, de aki előttünk lakott a szobában az szétcigizte ... read more