Flights
17 августа 2023 г., Греция ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
23 hours of flights Auckland to Adelaide then 2 hours before 13 flight to Doha then 2hours before 15 hours to Athens. Arrived midday. Taxi to hotel then walk around in 36 C. Bed early.
Day 2
19 августа 2023 г., Греция ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
Walked around town after changed hotels. Lots of eateries by new hotel. Met tour group for drink then dinner in local restaurant.4 kiwis 3 Ozzie's 2 yanks and Elaine as guide.
Day 3
20 августа 2023 г., Греция ⋅ 🌙 31 °C
Early start to tour of Acropolis. Busy and hot. Then walked to museum and back for icecream lunch. Saw changing of the guards outside parliament.
Day 4
21 августа 2023 г., Греция ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Early start again for 9am ferry from Piraeus harbour Athens to Naxos.4hrs 15 on quick cat ferry. Arrived to hotel orientate icecream lunch then walk to St George beach for swim. Little waves. 40 EuroЧитать далее
Day 5
22 августа 2023 г., Греция ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Early walk along waterfront to abandoned building. Trip to Yiaias place for cooking lesson.made stuffed vege meatballs at tzaki. Drive out to their farm with lots of fruit trees and vege. Back to eatЧитать далее
Day 6
23 августа 2023 г., Греция ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Rob and I and Razia did all day bus tour around island. Temple with museum had to walk long way up to then Damalas for 17th century olive press and pottery demo. Lots hills and rocks and stone wallЧитать далее
Day 7
24 августа 2023 г., Греция ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Ferry to Athens left 9am .first class so had better seats and views. Athens 3 pm where met van and Tasus driver. Walked over Corinth Canal 55m deep. Stayed at posh old hotel on waterfront Napflio.Читать далее
Day 8
25 августа 2023 г., Греция ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Up early as Rob and Razia walked the 857 steps up to Palamidi castle. I took bus and walked around 40mins then bus back. Boat trip out to island castke.Icecream for lunch then coffee with icecreamЧитать далее
Day 9
26 августа 2023 г., Греция ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Swam after breakfast then trip to Duros cave. Very busy. Went in small boat and quite low in places. Stopped in Areopoli for Saturday markets where bought fruit then pie at bakery and Icecream forЧитать далее
Day 10
27 августа 2023 г., Греция ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Left 8.30 for Kardamyli for coffee. Most shops shut. Lunch in Kalamata with more churches. Next to olive farm where they showed us how produced then tasted all oils and nibbles made from oil. HotelЧитать далее
Day 11
28 августа 2023 г., Греция ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Early start to get to Olympia before crowds of buses. Had guide.Stadium length 192m. Whole site buried under 7m mud. Went to museum and shops then lunch at Nafpaktos harbour town. Pia breads .boughtЧитать далее
Day 12
29 августа 2023 г., Греция ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Early start to get to Delphi stadium site.walked all way up hillside to get to stadium shorter than Olympia. Back for coffee rest Icecream before going to see an apiary. In depth talk about bees thenЧитать далее
Day 13
30 августа 2023 г., Греция ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Later start. Stopped just down road at sanctuary of Athena another ruin. Stopped at Arachova for coffee. Village in hills which is a ski resort in winter but on main road. Lunch at a motoway stop thenЧитать далее
Day 14
31 августа 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Early start as 5.15 taxi to airport. Bags had to go as oversized but still came out with others.collect bag and leave in Rome! Taxi to hotel where we had to wait 2hrs for room so walked. Walked toЧитать далее
Day 15
1 сентября 2023 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Walked to Piazza del Poplolo and Hadrian's temple in Rome.michael Angelo's museum.
Day 17
3 сентября 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Bus trip to Venice took 40mins. Walked around to San Marco square where caught boat to check place out. Ended up at Lido by see. Lots like Noosa. Walked to Spiaggio beach. Busy. Back for gondala rideЧитать далее
Day 18
4 сентября 2023 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
Lazy day. Rest group arriving. Briefing and dinner at Villa Franseca - their other hotel.
Day 16
4 сентября 2023 г., Италия ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
Walked around neighbour hood. Bought fruit and ended back at our pub for lunch and beer. Motorcyclists arriving and help Theo do washing. Meeting getting bike before dinner at sister hotel FransecaЧитать далее
Day 19
5 сентября 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
First day riding left 8.15. Busy until toll where we didn't get tickets without help. On flats lots grapes fruit trees crops and silage being made. Hills over top windy with big corners. Had coffeeЧитать далее
Day 20
6 сентября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
Early start to get ride of bags for van then walk to botanic gardens after breakfast. Some trees huge and been there since 1500s .part of Pizza uni.Ride to port where waited 2 hours to board. LadyЧитать далее
Day 21
7 сентября 2023 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Windy roads with lots traffic through World Heritage area with lots Rick formations.Swim on way cool and clear. Narrow goat track until we got to hotel in Vivo. 163km.
Day 22
8 сентября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
More windy riding up the the hills. Stopped just after summitt at ski lift place for coffee then early lunch. Lots of photo stops. Arrived in Macinnagio for night 5pm. Beers and swim before walkingЧитать далее
Day 23
9 сентября 2023 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Shopping and swimming before left to catch ferry. No seats left so on floor sitting or sleeping. Queue for food. Docked 1.15 then to 5star Savoy.
Day 24
10 сентября 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
On bikes by 9. Ride through Tuscany past lots of black grapes ready to be picked .Lunch at Tosca just icecream and a cake. Another Icecream stop in afternoon as 34C. Traffic jam getting into Rome asЧитать далее
Day 25
11 сентября 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
10am walking tour around Rome with guide Luigi. Bus took us to Colosseum but didn't go in. Walked to town and ended up at nice pasta restaurant for lunch. Ended up at Bascillics and short line so wentЧитать далее





















































































































































