Staying in the centre of Athens was against all we had previously planned for because Greg was adamant that he did not want to ride the hellish Athens traffic, especially since we would be arriving during late afternoon peak hour. But (yes but), Kerrie prevailed and persuaded Greg that we could negotiate our way safely and without drama through peak hour traffic and into our digs for the next two nights because we had, after all, ridden through both Rome & Pa...

Tue 05.04.2011 – We all met out the front of the hotel on our bikes packed up ready to roll. A local journo turned up, took our picture and promised we would be in the local rag in the next day. Wonder if we were? We decided that we would follow Darren and Phil out of town and take the coast road instead of the motorway. Not long out of town Darren & Phil (both on Blackbirds) forgot that we were two up and they literally took off, leaving us out of sigh...

Sunday 03.04.2011 – All of the gang that arrived at the Crowded House Hotel at Eceabat the day before we did set of this morning. Dave MILLIGAN and his group headed north to the Bulgarian border. The rest including Dangerous Darren, Fabulous Phil (both on Blackbirds), Eric (BMW GS1200) & his wife Lou (Aprilia Shiver 750), Pete & his wife Andy (BMW GS1150), headed off to the Greek border. As an aside, Kerrie & Lou discovered they went to the same...

Sat 02.04.2011 - The big day in the lives of many Australians and New Zealanders had arrived - a visit to the Gallipoli battlefields to pay your respects to our fallen fore fathers. We booked a tour of the Gallipoli battlefields with arrangements made through the hotel. It turned out our guide, "Bill", is mentioned in the Lonely Planet version of Turkey as one of the best guides of the battlefields. Bill speaks fluent English, but has never been outside of Turkey...

Tuesday 29.03.11 - No luck with the bikes. We were all called dutifully to Dave MILLIGAN's (owner of Get Routed) hotel at 10.00 am where we were to be told the next step.No news yet - come back at 1.00 pm for the next update - no news yet, Come back at 3.00 pm for the next update - no news yet come back at 5.00 pm. Is there a pattern emerging here? Waiting, waiting, waiting! Dave has two contacts in Turkey, another Dave who is an Aussie who is married to a Turkis...