After my night in the truck stop.. I decide to continue my way through Spain on the back roads to Madrid. I found a great property for sale… should I?? 😉 Bull fight advertising in a village.. wasn’t sure but they seem to still be popular! I love the back roads.. it appears that life is good out here.. and definitely more authentic than...
After the great ride with Tibi and Ruxi, they turned to the main road back to Sibiu, and I had a plan to continue down the track to get to Baile Herculane.. a spa town named known for being a favorite relaxing spot of dear ol’ Hercules. It surprises me that I couldn’t find any place to sleep in this town tonight. Well I could have if I wanted...
Warning! Lots of pictures in this one (well more than normal anyway.. ) Romania is sooo beautiful. Wasn’t sure what to expect, but glad to find it to be a great place to ride a motorcycle.. First a few views from the road: Farming gets done by hand around here! Fields, sheep herding.. not many fences, not many borders.. I like it.. I know...
It was kind of fun to stop the bike on a big bridge with no emergency lane, large trucks passing by to hop off and take a photo!! Not often you get the border sign in a place like this?! Such things would usually scare me in the past, but now I just do whatever I want.. cocky rider in the making! ;-/ I’ve been looking forward to Romania...
Olympos concluded my south coast of Turkey tour.. I continued east to the city of Antalya, and then made my way inland to Pamukkale.. Another great spot recommended by my great Turkish advisor, Robert from www.bike-turkey.com. If you’ve never heard of Pamukkale like me, it is actually one of the most unique places to visit in this country. But why...
While in Gocek, the always helpful Doug Wothke sent me a message saying he has a friend in Kas, south Turkey, if I happen to be going that way. I looked it up and I was only 150 km away! Sent his friend a message, who so quickly replied at 7 in the morning.. saying to come visit! Yay! I always love to meet people on my way who knows the area, as...
Wow.. Athens was so amazing.. wonder what my next stop to the Island of Santorini (Thira) will be like? Turned out to be the exact opposite of my Athens experience.. which again, was more about the people I met, not the location.. During my stay on Santorini, I didn’t have much to do with people at all.. it was all about the location! I have heard...
Delphi was hard to leave, I knew I could stay there another day.. easy! But I’ve got a plan, and sometimes it’s best to stick with it.. how to absorb so much history in such a short time!? Here are some little snipets of my ride from Delphi to Athens… sorta liked the look in the rear view mirror! I see these everywhere.. in all shapes...
After Meteora, I made a b-line to Delphi or Delphos.. Here is the best explanation from my friend Orestis ( ) in Athens about the name: in Greek we have more than one version for each name depending on the use of it. When you are asked “what’s the name of this place?” the answer is “Delphi” (Δελφοί). If you are asked...
No, Blazo… you can’t come with me!! Just kidding, he’s not begging to come along.. more like begging me to go! 😉 Well not that either, not really sure why he’s taken this position on the beach.. but we have fun teasing him about it.. Spent my last night in Montenegro. Blazo has done so well to show me the majority of his country, and I finally have...