in antalya i first tried to get my camera fixed. i received mail from panasonic with inforamtion on service points and hoped that it was not a total loss. but both shops told me a price of 400 lira which is as much as i payed for the camera. i postponed the repair and went to… Continue reading antalya
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the crash should not be the last post… i am in olympos. the world is again a place worth living in (and dreaming of!) i’ll soon post about the way to olympos. next week i’m going to cappadocia. today i got mail: Dear Matthias Erdmann, Pleased to inform you that your visa application has been approved by… Continue reading …
izmir
i didn’t know much about izmir and wasn’t sure if i wanted to stay. as i was almost pedaling out of the city i met ben and caro. a couple from france on a one year trip to kathmandu. here together with their tandem… they were coming from cesme and told me that it was… Continue reading izmir
demirci
…i found someone to translate the phonecall. i just got myself breakfast as a man approached me asking where i’m from. the rest of the conversation went on in german since he lived in germany for quite some time. i was invited for tea while the phonecall was made. everything fine. host awaits me. i… Continue reading demirci
the leaving of istanbul
i have posted some stories from the road but rarely wrote about how i feel. there’s a wonderful post on www.pathlesspedaled.com that describes one of the social aspects of traveling you encounter when leaving a place and people that were a temporary home. i took the ferry to yalova and followed the coastline when a… Continue reading the leaving of istanbul
some nice roads
some impressions of the following days which suprised us with ever changing wonderful surroundings.
piraeus
after reaching nafplio i decided against going to corinth and see its canal because of the difficult way towards athens afterwards. so i headed east to methana to reach athens by ferry. the crossing to athens was nice and we were accompanied by seagulls. i will take a look at athens today and then continue to… Continue reading piraeus
olympia
olympia is a place i was interested in because my tour feels close to the olympic spirit. i wasn’t sure what to expect since i hadn’t seen any pictures from the archeological site. i was surprised how much of the buildings were intact and you have more for the eyes to see and your imagination… Continue reading olympia
kefallonia
as it was already too late to explore the island i stopped for the night after i left the ferry. somewhere behind these trees… the next day i left for poros to take the ferry back to the mainland. as i had not found a bicycle shop yet i was again happy to meet someone… Continue reading kefallonia
the world tour guide
this is the going away present, where a lot of friends shared their favourite places from all over the world. thank you!! Worldtourguide i’m following the EuroVelo Route 7. here is an overview. florence and then rome are the next destinations.