Greece - Pictures, part two

Lisa doing her best to get comfortable on the 12 hour ferry ride to the Island of Lesvos

"Fresh" off the boat

Mytilene, Greece

Great place to ride... few cars and zero tourists

Using the old dishwasher

Lunch on the Aegean looking toward Turkey

Ancient fortifed town of Molivos

Packing up at dawn

Riding into the fishing town of Petra for some Greek coffee

Greece - Pictures, part one

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

Rome and southern Italy - Pictures

Trevi fountain - hitting the Roman highlights

The Spanish steps and more tourists

Waiting to board the ferry for a 14 hour trip to Greece

Lisa eating grapes given to us by the man on the bike

Lunch break