Month: September 2005

…as the song goes! :-p The beginning of the day led us from Verai on the wrong road heading towards the motorway. Alas with all the new roads being built around Greece, the maps are not always up-to-date. Fortunately, Nic’s nose was primed and in full working order which saved […]

We came…We swore…We conquered! We knew from Anne Mustoe that Northern Greece was mountainous, though we didn’t quite realise just how mountainous it was!!! Even poreing over the map didn’t give us any clues. In fact we would say that it was harder than the Alps as we climbed over […]

The day started much like any other… pack up camp, check route while having breakfast and start climbing up another flipping hill. Then it subsided into pure, unadulterated heaving green envy, the type that wears tattered clothes and runs around the countryside wreaking havoc! It wasn’t really that bad, but […]

After a surprisingly easy ride into Bari on the Eastern shoreline of Italy, we found out that the ferry to Greece was leaving in 30 minutes! So executive decision time, should we go or continue to Brindisi and get the ferry! Well despite Sedef dragging Nic by the ankles and […]

With Nic’s gears still unfixed we started the third major mountain range of our trip: The Appenines that run down the length of Italy like a backbone. The climb was easier than we feared, alas there were few towns or areas to rest along the way. So every day we […]

Well we didn’t really want to leave anyway! We did the usual touristy bits during our first real break from starting our trip! Included in the tourist package was the extra 2 hour bus trip from Rome central at 1am to the wrong suburb of town – Not the suburb […]

Well, we made it to Rome a few days ago! Alas our route has taken us away from the larger towns and meant little opportunity to update the diary! Something we will correct shortly!!!! Just for the record – We just heard from the Guiness Book of records that what […]

After a 4 hour unexpected slog up a 617m HILL we arrived at Pisa in the early afternoon. Pudsey insisted on having his picture taken with the tower so we took him into town for the evening. Next day we headed for Siena on the SS67 – or what we […]