Today wasn’t a big ride down to the port of Vasiliki at the southern end of the island of Lefkada. I took my time and made some mods to the bike before leaving town. Lefkada is quite a nice place and is well set up for tourists and yacht charters. I stopped by the end …
Today’s ride on Komoot Today would be interesting. I had to get through the Prevesa tunnel first up. I’ve seen online that there is a shuttle bus operated by the tunnel company. Cyclists have generally had good luck in getting the minivan shuttle, but some have reported issues. I knew it was still working a …
Today’s ride on Komoot I stayed two nights at Camping Elena. It’s a really nice place. George, the owner asked me all about my trip and after I told him that I’m not going to the Stans, he said – you’re not in a rush then, why not stay here another night. I’m so glad …
Today’s ride on Komoot – Corfu Today’s ride on Komoot – mainland Greece I caught the hydrofoil from Sarandë to Corfu and reentered the EU. Back to Euros ! I can’t remember the last time I caught a hydrofoil, but it would have been on Sydney Harbour. They’re great, but you can hear them for …
Today’s ride on Komoot I had an easy start but it wasn’t easy finding some breakfast. Again, there were plenty of people drinking tea and coffee but very few eating. I ended up at a bakery beside some roadworks back near my BnB and had a spanakopita. The Greek influence is everywhere here. So I …
Today’s ride on Komoot I left full of trepidation for the day. While I’m looking forward to taking some time off in Sarande, I have a mountain pass to negotiate at just over 1000 metres – and I’m approaching it from sea level Sorry for the numbers, but today will have more than 1500 metres …
Today’s ride on Komoot Today’s decision – down the coast or backtrack a bit and hit the hills up to Lake Ohrid, then into Greece and to Meteora, but there’s no rest and planning time in that route. At the last minute, I decided to follow the coast and have some time off in Sarandë. …
Today’s ride on Komoot I spent another day in Bari as the ferry to Durrës in Albania, only left at 10pm. I left the BnB as late as possible then rode slowly into the old town for the usual coffee and croissant. This time, I had a donut because there were no plain, normal, unfilled …
I was in Puglia for just over 3 weeks and had a great time. The highlight was the 8 days riding with Timo, and catching up with him and Kath over the ten days that we were all in Puglia. Kath did a solo trek while we were riding. Most of the villages were absolutely …
Today’s ride on Komoot Last night, I went to Vincenzo’s recommended restaurant, run by his cousin. I was the only customer at 8pm so Dario, a younger relative looked after me and told me all about their food etc. As is the trend, all food was grown and prepared within 50kms of Bitonto. Dario is …
