Day 3 Livanates to Lamia

Day 3 — Livanates to Lamia

45.2 miles · 1,447 ft climbing

Glad I stopped early yesterday. Today was much more enjoyable.

Beautiful morning riding along the coast with a cool sea breeze, quiet roads and small Greek towns. Not overrun with tourists, traffic or hotels. I’ve ridden the West Maui loop twice and love it, but this was pretty special.

Met Eli from Maine, the first bicycle tourist I’ve seen on this trip. This is his first tour and he’s riding from Norway to Athens. Nice to stop and have a longer conversation in English.

Stopped for lunch near Thermopylae, then visited the monument to Leonidas. Very cool to actually ride through a place I’ve heard about my whole life.

Lamia was hot and busy when I arrived. Somehow I accidentally navigated to the dentist instead of my hotel. 😄 My crown had come off a couple days ago, so that turned out to be useful. Found a wonderful dentist who saw me this evening, and €80 later the crown is safely back on.

Finished with a great vegetarian meal at a little local cookhouse. The lady told me, “I need to show you how we cook.” Fava with onions and capers was the winner.Read more