Monthly Archives: August 2011

Vor zwei Tagen haben wir die griechisch-tuerkische Grenze ueberschritten. Nachdem wir ein weiteres Land von Westen nach Osten durchquert haben, sind die Menge and Erinnerungen und Erfahrungen so ziemlich alles was einem bleibt…         Der erste Tag in Griechenland … Continue reading →

Greek roads and ways have many shrines along their routes.  Some are dedicated to the many who have lost theirs lives, (as in Italy)  – others are devotional. I here present a photo diary of the shrines along one day of … Continue reading →

Despite a minor 2 hour navigation error, (no blame, but it was that old man in Sikorrachi, nothing to do with the GPS, honest!), we have got to the last major Greek town on the route. Still have charging problems … Continue reading →

  While we are searching whole regions of Greece for a new mains charger, there will be no posts!   Ian and Regula!

  Florina to Vevi to Arneissa to Edessa to Ghiannitsa to Chalkedona to Thessaloniki – Photo Diary Florina to Vevi View Full Album Vevi to Arnissa View Full Album Arnissa to Edessa View Full Album Edessa to Ghiannitsa View Full … Continue reading →

We are in Thessaloniki and starting off East towards Turkey in the morning…

So for those of you who didn’t know there are two “Macedonias”.  One, a new state made from a region of the mainly Slavic former Yugoslavia and the other the area of Northern Greece South of that! Modern Greece began … Continue reading →

Where is Egnatia taking us in the Balkans?  From Albania, we have crossed Macedonia – the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, that is.  Struga and Ohrid to Resen, Bitola and then to Florina – Macedonia – Greece. In Greece we … Continue reading →

We travelled from Resen to Bitola today in Macedonia – through beautiful ancient volcanic hills and forests – now the Pelister National Park. Into Greece tomorrow – photos to come!

Durres to Kavaje to Pequin to Elbasan to Qafe Thanes (3km from Macedonia) The four Aphorisms of Peqin! Lesson 1.  It is often wrong to refuse help earnestly offered. After turning off the new four lane highway which carried on … Continue reading →