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I spend most of my time in or around the mountains. Even when going on a summer family holiday, usually driving South to the Greek coast, we end up in a very mountainous looking Aegean landscape. I routinely bring my mountain bike with me, but usually I don't get enough time and energy to do serious pedaling or trail riding, too busy baking in the hot sun or chilling in the turquoise waters. This time around I was able to do some proper recky in the island of Andros, home…
Kind of both off-topic and off-season, but I have to mention our week of ski in the Dolomites this March. Bottom line, if haven't been there, you should go. Imagine a skiing area the size of a quarter of Transylvania, with about sixty (yes, 60) times more slopes than what's available at Poiana Brasov. All these 1200+ km of pistes are accessible with one single skipass, which of course is futile. You'll never ever be able to cover all these mountains in one single week, but as a marketing stunt…
A new episode in our Greek series. This time about mountain biking in the island of Kythira, South of Peloponnese, a place we visited back in 2009. As usual it was in September, June-July-August is to be avoided anywhere in Greece if you plan to go out and about, away from the beach umbrellas or the air conditioned hotel facilities. Ok, so it's Greece again. With our bikes on the roof top of the car - big surprise. We've already been to Chalkidiki, in some Aegean islands (Thassos with bikes,…
If the Romanian mountains are filled with sheep, rural Greece is the land of the goats. Both are generously equipped with equally noisy dogs, always angered by cyclists roaming around their premises. Their barking needs no Romanian (nor Greek) translation. However, this shouldn't prevent people from cycling into the wilderness, enjoying the nature, the sun, the sea, the air, the view. We keep doing that in Greece, one week every late summer, for quite a while now. Be it in Thassos, in Kithera, in Lefkada or in Sithonia, the effort…
This year, our mountain biking season started in Bulgaria! My parents took us to the Golden Sands for Easter break. And since Horia and I are not very passionate about the all inclusive deal, we decided to break ranks and take the bikes along. So Horia consulted with his buddy, Google Maps is his name, and drew two tracks through the Golden Sands reservation and the hills surrounding it. We planned to nice little rides, to kick start the season: some 35 km during the first day (with 1,000 m…
Since 2005, Greece for me has been the definition of the summer holiday. Cristal clear waters, blue skies, pinewoods and oregano scents, small beaches hidden between walls of rock. But the best thing about Greece is how mountain and sea usually combine. And what’s better the laying on the beach or taking a swim after a few hours of mountain biking. And so, the bikes came with us each time we went to Thassos, Sithonia, Kythira and this year, Lefkada. Take a look for yourselves: I was born in Sibiu,…
