and some videos

i will post one more another day :)

Aaah bella Italia!!

Soo,

I am in Italy now... jemjem

thank you everybody for the wishes.. its nice to read nice things.. :)
Friend Vasilis has joined and will come together until Venice or Trieste.. its nice to be with

company on the road. we had to work out a litle bit our rythm and such and everything is cool.

So after i left Nice and the friends i made there (on the foto above) (very nice guys by the way) (always welcome in greece or wherever i am) (thanks guys) (ok better stop now with all these parenthesis). Where was i ? aha, after we left Nice me and vassilis passed from monte carlo and monaco , nothing super impressive and entered Italia. the smell of coffee left no

doubt that yes this was italy..

We climbed a high hill 1000 m alt. and then naturally we just came down. then followed the seaside road untill Genoa. they were two fast days,pedalling on low altitude.. the goat and us had a litle chat but that was on the mountain.. jmm well thats quite it untill now. Today its raining and we are going to leave genoa heading to Po river. we're going to follow the river until venice or so.

The two Waterproofs (thats us) are going to unleash the unstopable power of their pedals to the street of genoa and Up the mountain!! jajajaj .okok i got caried away.

so see you soon everybody and thanks a lot for the support .!!

hugs and kisses!

Eeep. Here we are again! Nice!

Well. some days now that i am away.. Internet is not always easy to find and also the first priority is to actually pedal. :) anyway here i am again!

All these days, were the days that i spent in the mountains in cot d azur.
* i passed from some magnificent places with breathtaking views . i climbed to 1200 meters, had contacts with wild boars, i saw a dolmen, slept in below zero temperatures. Drank water from sources in the mountain that actually tasted like real water.
it was like being in the forest of the village of asterix. too bad i am not obelix i would have eaten the boars instead of rice.. :)
Also had some very pleasant coincidences. :)

in general they were the best days until now..

In the way i met a very nice guy from Israel that invited me at his house in Nice.. and that's were i am now... I had to wait here a few days to meet with my friend Vasilis who's gonna join me for the part of Italy..

Friday ,that is tomorrow, we'll be back on the road with some hard passes coming , we have to climb the alps until we reach the Po river and head to vennezzia. anyway we're not gonna go higher than 1500m i guess. i bought a new and very warm sleeping bag so i should have no problem.. here are the photos!

to infinity and beyooond!

aaaaaaaaaaand i m on the road again.!

lots of things.. i had a small talk with the donkey and the horse. an atack of millions of mosquitos thirsty for blood. snails trying to take over my tent in the morning plus a continious headwind for the 70 kilometers i did today aaand now i am in cavaillon. i rented a hotel room because i am exausted... so everything ok,moral is high.

if someone has any contacts in Nice, very wellcome to pass them on . :)

in 4 or 5 days i'll be there. hasta pronto!!!

montpellier.

i am still in montpellier, taking care of some things. first i wanted to relax my knee,second, get rid some weight of the bike. i also had to fix a small problem on the bike, nothing serious.i went to french bike mechanic, Vegos style,he started hitting the bike with a hammer. ouch! anyway after that i fixed it myself.. Also changed a bit the saddle and the steering position. trying to find out the most comfortable setup.. i also had fun :)

my knee pain is getting much better and i am set to hit the road again tomorrow.
weather predictions say light rain. .no problem.

one more thing is that i decided to relax the schedule on daily distance. i am gonna take it reaaly easy from now on until i feel comfortable to push it again.
its important for me to actually do this, and in a hurry i am not enjoying anything...

I am staying at the house of Maria. a very nice girl.she accepted me even though beiing in the midle of an important report for her master..
i have met some of her friends.. such a nice people! greetings to giorgos and his helicopter!

so, all is nice.. vive tourisme!

a big kiss and hugs to all!! i ll update soon!

oh well...

Today is Sunday. i woke up and i am working on my thoughts.
everything is ok the only thing that troubles me is a pain i have on my left knee.
i know its from overuse. i guess i have to cut back the tempo on the next days
and maybe, make some small adjustments on my bike position.. I'll see..

about the last days: well, after Perpignan i continued, until i reached a nice seashore with a loong
Beach and pine tree forest behind. very nice! i slept under the trees with no moisture and good temperature. all this ride was nice and flat with most of it on cycle paths passing from Little villages. A very nice bio-shop owner gave me a free chocolate and some nice bio-anti-pain-ointments.. very cute!

Next day i passed from Narbonne and reached Bezzier. I slept in a field of grapes and woke up with the tent being completely wet from the moisture.
In the morning at first, i found a snail climbing on my bike.It was ready for the ultimate speed experience of his life but,sadly i left it behind :p Then, when i entered a small shop, i came out to find a black bird seating on my bike with his one foot placed over my banana. a real banana. is this a sign? maybe a message that i shouldn't leave bananas on the bike? hmm..

i left Bezzier and rode until Montpelier passing from a village called meze,in which i stopped to eat a meze :P i met two Little brothers that were very curious about everything ,they offered me water, fruits and a bit of salami, .. how nice.. A big kiss for them :)

And now ,Montpelier relaxing . more news soon to come!

Hello everybody! today was my 4Th real day on the road.
i have covered until now 360 km.
today i arrived at Montpellier! iam going to stay here one or two
days to relax. my body is in the proccess of addapting to this situation
and i have to give it the time it needs. a lot o things happened untill now!
Tommorrow i am going to post a report :P of the last days and upload
photos! :)

1st day's photos

The first day on the bike began with rain . i had: police stopping me for entering the highway, one flat tire, i took the wrong road and i did 30 km come and go, just for the fun of it. all that with rain falling almost constantly. i have to admit that it was a testing experience. being a first day. i finished with a total of 98 km and slept with the rain and wind blowing on the tent.
brrr

anyway.

Today has began beautifully. Sun (i dried up) nice roads, nice Little villages and now perpignan.
more to come soon!!

I am Coommming....

I have began. I am Writing from a Cyber-cafe in Perpignan in france , very close to the borders. this is the second day on the bike. the first day a friend named Christos drove me a little bit outside of Barcelona with a car. i just got out close to figueres and slept next to the highway(hidden of course) Am i cheating? Weeeno it was just 100 km. A kick start.anyway i have cycled so many times the surroundings of Barcelona that i didn't mind...

waiting for the stickers...

Weell i am still in Barcelona ,waiting for the courier to bring me the stickers of amnesty international , .. i depart the moment i ll get them. Amnesty international?

Well yes i am doing this to have fun but not only that.
Its also a campaign, to raise awareness about the rights of the immigrants in Greece and all over Europe,which are being brutally violated every day by the European authorities.
Our silence is their accomplice...

I am going to be more than happy if my tour can help in any way...
Respect the rights of refuges and migrants is the moto.you can read more in the amnesty international web page.

.. Nothing more for now. in a few hours iam going to be on the road.. i hope to reach Greece before new years eve to celebrate with my family and friends.. we´ll see

Adios Barcelona.