Riding my motorbike to the Cyclades islands in Greece

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Motorbike holidays in the Cyclades.

Starting the trip Friday, August 30, 2002
End Date of the trip Monday, September 16, 2002

At the bottom of a drawer virtual I happen to get their hands on a pack of photos forgotten, arousing
the memory of a pleasant holiday that deserves to be recalled.
After a couple of weeks of vacation in Calabria, with children and family, returned to Rome to be shared
Resi and I, with our motion to the islands of Greece, August is almost over now. Traveling on two wheels
there is no place on the subject of ferries, taking advantage of a deck.
Having programmed from Ancona, was already a pleasant holiday location for the Lazio, Umbria and Marche.
Osimo we stayed there for a night, and for a relaxing day in his beautiful home, my dear friend
Teresa, the next day, Tuesday, September 3, early in the morning we were at the port of embarkation.
The destination was not Patras where we could get that done the next day. Navigation is long,
We liked the dawn seen from the bridge to the airport Igumeniza, port we had visited several times over the years for holiday travelers,
to Greece and Turkey.
Landed at Patras, places us on the highway to the Piraeus, follow it and it was not and still is a pleasure to
the significant traffic and guidance of the Greeks, if possible, more undisciplined than that of Italians.
Arrived at the Piraeus port, there being untangled from the many points of embarkation for the archipelago of the infinite
islands, we embarked on Milos. We came far advanced, Thursday, Sept. 5.
A bit 'worried us not having booked anything, but never run, in the Cyclades, the risk of not
finding accommodations, wherever we were landed always subject to attack people who offered a "Domat"
housing, ie, size, mostly from a studio living-bed, toilet and kitchen
cooking. Abordar always the price, the price that often included breakfast.
We were always good, friendly people, premises, bedding and more than acceptable.
A particularly amusing: in a Domat a lock to lock the bathroom outside instead of
inside. All the islands, stayed in the village of the port, branching
the next few days to visit sites of interest, visit any of the Cyclades has such dimensions that
obliged to transfer his base of support. It rightly says that we focus our Italian Vacation
in August, but we found that the islands in September, to travel on ferries are mainly the
residents. On the beaches were almost always alone, or nearly so, the many settlements were for tourists
mostly desert. However, there are totally isolated travelers, among others remember with pleasure a
professor of a university in the U.S., returning to meet in more than one of the sites of our stops.
Entertained us with pleasant conversation, in an Italian product, but with a pronounced with the accent
improprorie still, jesting between my wife and me, we repeat one of his frequent exclamation:
-What a beautiful island (with the accent on o). Interconnect, and also several times on our path the path a group of motorcyclists
Netherlands.


Milos

Milos, an island of volcanic origin, is wrapped around the ancient crater, which forms a wide bay open to
north, with several towns scattered throughout the island, linked mostly by a network of roads
fairly paved, except for some stretches.

Sifnos

Sifnos located in nod-east of Milos, is not among the children of the Western Cyclades, the Kamares port is well protected
in a small gofo open to the west. Apollonia is the capital city on the eastern side. The island is on the whole
mountainous.

Serifos

Serifois, located to the NW of Sifnos is reached after a little browsing. We landed at the sheltered port of Livadi.
The island is mountainous, rather bare, with numersi nuclei of white houses scattered mainly on the side
Eastern Europe.

Kythnos

Kythnos, last port, the holidays were coming to a close, we walked the island to the Garibaldi, dedicating
less time than he deserved. Kythnos the rake of the most visited islands is the lowest, is
crossed by a paved road that links several longitudinal centers, others are connected by trails
less straightforward.

Not to retrace the same route back, but focusing on Bari Sailing
a moth came to rest, to keep us company on the camera bag.

Barii was directed by the return to Rome, do not miss a visit to the beautiful cathedral of Trani. The return was
Blessed by abundant rainfall in the mountain section of the motorway to Avellino in the final stretch,
Naples-Rome, illuminated by the flash of lightning. On the other hand, though wet, we traveled the toll free
Naples being crashed the system of issuing coupons because of an electrical discharge
stronger than the others.