THE VIKOS GORGE
Visited: September 2005
LOCATED IN NORTHERN GREECE, IT’S ONE OF THE DEEPEST GORGES IN THE WORLD.
It can be reached from Athens by car or bus in about 5 hours. Put it on your bucket list!
EARLY SPRINGTIME 2005
Three of us on a breathtaking five hour hike down the gorge.
ALL ALONE
At the time we seemed to be the only ones on the trail.
FOLLOWING YOUR DREAMS
When I reached my sixties all of a sudden I started having an urge to travel. I didn’t have a lot of money so I needed to do it on the cheap.
I had a list of places I wanted to visit but I was also willing to leave a lot up to chance.
I started traveling light on a tight budget and started experiencing some of the most memorable, exciting, adventurous times of my life.
METEORA
Visited: … 2005. Home to ancient Grecian Monesteries and Nunneries
IT’S ABOUT A 45 MINUTE DRIVE TO METEORA FROM THE VIKOS GORGE
MONASTERIES AND NUNNERIES
These architectural marvels were built during the 14th and 15th centuries.
At their peak of existence (16th century) there were 24 of them.
THE FORMER INHABITANTS
Close friends for many lifetimes.
METEORA ... NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN!
WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE MEMORIES
Were you able to ‘capture’ them with your camera?
Do those photographs inspire you to go out and have even more exciting Favorite Memories?
MOPED RIDE ON THE ISLAND OF KEPALPLONIA
Visited: … September 2005
MOPED RIDING IN IN GREECE
Traveling solo. Strapping a daypack on the rear rack of a moped and heading into the mountains for three days. It’s SPRINGTIME. Hillsides covered with wildflowers. Riding 3 or 4 thousand feet above a sparkling blue sea.
FILLED WITH JOY
Stopping to write Haiku or poetry whenever the mood strikes me.
LODGINGS ARE IN SMALL VILLAGES THAT NESTLE ALONG THE SEASHORE
Or in tiny villages snuggled into steep mountainsides.
NO TRAFFIC
The roads have absolutely no traffic. Riding into the unknown and loving every minute of it. Thousands of feet above a sparkling blue sea.
MOPED RIDING IN GREECE
Riding a moped on a high mountain road Deep blue sky ... Dazzling light
Folded layers of rock jutting into the sky. Deep, dark valleys in rich shades of green.
Wildflowers everywhere ... rioting ... out of control
A light breeze blows.
Far away a rooster crows.
I’m alive and free . . breathlessly riding the skies!