Albania

We decided to pop into Albania for a few days or a week or so. What do you know about Albania? Not much I bet, but it's a fascinating country.

The Sexy Switchback

Sometimes when we tell people where we plan to cycle, they'll let us know that it's a "bad" road. Well, "bad" is a matter of opinion. These are "bad" roads, but on a bicycle and with hardly any traffic on them, they are heavenly roads!

The Olive Tree

Can there be anything more characteristically Greek than an olive tree?

Red Poppies

This goes back about a month, but when we first arrived in Greece this year there were gloriously red poppies everywhere, growing like weeds.

And one for the English speakers

This one only makes sense in Spanish

A donde quieres ir?

"Wife" is on the road to Hades

As we linger in the cool shade of a stone church in the Mani region of the Peloponnese, digesting our delicious picnic lunch and letting the steep climb's sweat dry, Paul points out that one of our upcoming towns, called Νιφι (wife) is on the road to Hell. Well, it's on the road to the entrance to Hades to be more specific.

Alix and I cycled for about a week together, starting in Xiropigado and then met up with our good friend Paul in Neapoli (he had been cycling in Crete), and now we're cycling together around the beautiful Mani region in the southern part of the "middle finger" of the Peloponnese.