Saturday, September 4, 2010

yesterday on ikaria

Yesterday we went to a gorgeous pebble beach at the bottom of a big rock scramble. After that we were on the CRAZIEST roads I have ever driven on. Two lane (though they look like what we could call a footpath and only allow for two lanes if you, for example, back down a hill until there is a wider spot) dirt roads along ridges and contour lines with shear drops. The signage is useless b/c
Greek/Greek lettering- our problem
Signage does not match up with map (even the greek)
many roads do not show up on map
ditto for hamlets
hamlets and towns have multiple names

The only sign we could read said cyoling road- we surmised to mean, "cycling road" after a while
At one point we had to get out of the car and open a jerry-rigged gate to continue. The road was too crazy to back down and not possible to turn around on. Both digger and I had (private), "Deliverance" thoughts (shared later). 
Of course all worked out great and we ate at our now favorite taverna again.

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