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ALL ROADS LEAD TO ATHINA

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Sara

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Today’s ride is 133 km and 3 hours. We are first backtracking about 16 km to “one of the nicest beaches in Greece” called Voidokilia. It’s north of the Bay of Pilos and west of the Gialova lagoons. It is shaped like the Greek Omega or like a horseshoe.… Read the rest

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LET THE GAMES BEGIN

Posted on June 11, 2025 by Sara

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Well the sun is out this morning but boy is it windy. The flat water from yesterday is gone and white caps and waves replaced it. To go south from here there is a toll bridge 2.5E for a motorcycle (13 for a car) or the 15 minute ferry ride for 1E.… Read the rest

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TWO GREEK SALADS A DAY EVERY DAY!

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Sara

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The forecast is a bit suspect again today. It’s only 2 hours for 133 km to the island of Lefkada. For the scenic route it is 152 km and takes 3 hours. For both options this is if you take the undersea tunnel, which for a bike is .70 E and saves about 45 min.… Read the rest

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IT’S ALL GREEK TO ME

Posted on May 17, 2025 by Sara

IMG_0518Today we are headed off and our friends are all going back to Athens. We are riding north and then west to end up in Kastoria Western Macedonia in 277 km with a ride time of 4.5 hours. The route was 3/4 secondary roads with a 65 km highway section about 150 km from Kastoria.… Read the rest

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È Tutto Greco per Me

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Sara

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There is a severe weather warning today, but the worst is supposed to be at 2 am tomorrow morning. We just have a quick 40 min ride up to the port at Brindisi.  Like everwhere here the signage is extremely good and so the Grimaldi dock was easy to find.… Read the rest

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Grimaldi and the Trip to Puglia in the Heel of Italy

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Sara

 

IMG_9933After a long wait we are finally on board the Grimaldi ferry from Barcelona Spain to Civitavecchia Italy. As luck would have it we are parked at one end, and we had to walk all the way to the other end of the ship as only one stairway was open from deck 7 to access reception.… Read the rest

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Para Mi Todo es Griego

Posted on April 13, 2025 by Sara

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We are pretty excited as it is finally time to go back to Spain to continue traveling on the Falcon. He has been safe and sound in the garage of our friend Modesto in Mojacar Playa, which is in the south of Spain.… Read the rest

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Jaén to Úbeda to Granada to Mojacar

Posted on December 28, 2024 by Sara

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The rain has stopped and it has warmed up to 16 degrees. Our plan today is to make it to sleep in the UNESCO city of Úbeda. It is only 57 km directly, but of course we managed to make it into a loop of 160 km and got us to our 3 pm check in at a boutique hotel for 65 Canadian a night in a 14 th century building.… Read the rest

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Tarifa to Estepona to Ronda to Jaén

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Sara

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It’s only an hour east and 73 km from Tarifa to Estepona, but we managed to again make a day of it by going the long way. This means riding west and we initially took a small road north, but after 40 km it was blocked with a gate with only access to residents.… Read the rest

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Sevilla to Cadiz to Tarifa

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Sara

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With a late start and some curvy roads we took until almost 6 pm to get the 260 km on our planned route south to Cádiz. This includes one of the most famous motorbike roads in the region thru the Grazelema National Park.… Read the rest

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