The chianti region.....Wow! That is the best word to describe this portion of our travels. The scenery here is so unique, I can absolutely see why movies have been made about it. We wove our way up and down, left and right through rolling hills of vineyards, small towns and wineries galore. Bunches of picturesque purple and green grapes can be seen from the road, perfectly placed on the vine. The small towns put on festivals to gather the local vineyards, hosted in the "downtown area" with music, ice cream, and aritists. You can buy a wine glass and go around and taste all of the local wines, maybe 20 booths in all. If we had time to actually plan our trip rather than simply go with each day, we would have stayed in a room and taken full advantage of this wine tasting. But drinking wine and riding our bikes through these windy roads is definitely not a good idea. Because of this, we stood on the outside and observed the smiles on peoples faces and watched in amazement as the conversations jumped from person to person with questions being answered and the wine glasses filling like wild fire. I felt like we were watching an older movie about how a wine-maker made their name. The bottles of wine consumed must have been in the thousands.
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Dis-obeying all traffic laws on the Pelopenesse peninsula
Sometimes I take too many pictures
Best beach ever...
New friends and fellow cyclists
Perfect mid-day swim break
Ryan taking the jump
On the Mani peninsula in southern Peloponesse
Perfect for when you are under siege
Great descent ahead...
...all the way down to the coast
A long and lonesome road... maybe 10 cars all day
The local catch of the day in the port town of Githio
Whoops
Momenvasia... no tourists, hard to get to, one of the prettiest ancient towns we have seen
Waiting for King Kong
The view over Momenvasia
Climbing to the top of the ancient city of Momenvasia
On the map this "road" is a dashed line.
Fried sheep's head anyone?
Any shop that has these (chicken on left, pork on right), we stop and eat...
Call them gyros, pitas or donner... best cheap food in Europe!
These are much more impressive if I you don't have to tilt your head
Temple of Athena
View over Athens
The Parthenon on the Acropolis
