Delphi to Athens
GREECE | Wednesday, 19 September 2007 | Views [230]
It only took me two days to get from Delphi to the campsite just
outside of Corinth. It was right on the beach (again!) and i had shade
and hammock space....so i stayed for 4 days. The 1st day i walked into
the modern town of Corinth, some 3km away. (yes, you read it
right..."walked"...must be fit or something!) Found a bank, followed by
a day old broadsheet from England and then sat in a cafe reading the
paper, drinking ice coffee and watching the world go by. The following
day was Sunday and it was also election day in Greece....so a day was
spent swimming, floating ( its the only way i can "sunbathe") and
yep...you guessed right...swinging in my hammock.
On the
Monday i walked the 3.5km to ancient Corinth (and it was uphill..!!!!)
The place was really great. It was the quietest site that I've been
too, which was a very good thing indeed! There were a few Bible groups
hanging about the place but i am nothing if not tolerant :). I spent
the morning there chilling out, just sitting around the site under the
shade of various trees.
The following day it was back on the
road to Athens. It was about 85km to the city centre, so i did it in
two days! The 1st day was only about 2 hours on the road, over the
isthmus canal and along the coast road to the "last campsite till
Athens". The following day i took a short cut across an island and then
when i got to Athens, spent about 2 hours getting very lost( i found it
amazing how many places didn't sell road maps of Athens. imagine
getting to Trafalgar square and trying to cycle to ealing without a map
and just a vague sense of direction). After working out a good method
of crossing 3 lanes of speeding traffic (don't ask me what it is...,my
mum reads these!) which i used on several occasions i arrived at the
campsite. The place is right next to a dual carriageway and the host is
the most miserable person I've ever met...well until i met the rest of
the campsite staff the following day!
I'll be here for about a
week. The trike is in the bike shop getting upgrades (expensive ones
but well worth it). I've yet too go site seeing....but i have time
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