Last Sunday, after an adventurous travel with Mounteneering Club of TUC, we finally spotted the path to Kollita Gorge, Katw Poros. Actually, the difficult part was due to weather (about 33 C and high humidity levels) and not the rocks! Afterwards, we visited the Sarakas tavern to taste his delicious snails!
More photos can be found here
Today, there was a bike critical mass event, organized in more than 18 major (and more minor) cities around Greece. Podilatreis, our local (Chania) critical mass team, organized a ride in the city streets.
About 200 people of every age took part in the ride, proving that there is a strong demand for incorporation of policies that favour and respect bike movement in the city streets.
Depicted next are a few photos; for more photos check this flickr collection.
Yet another delayed post 
Two weeks ago, during another great food adventure series, we visited tavern Sarakas in a small village called Kato Poros, Rethymno prefecture.
The food was really delicious as expectedin a classic Cretan tavern. What was really suprising was that the tavern walls was full of mantinades (short Cretan poems), some of them really amazing! We couldn’t resist but writing one mantinada ourselves in the walls!
And of course the tavern host (which we call Captain Sarakas) is a really great guy!
See for yourself:
This is a delayed post
For the 4 past years we attend Rethymno Carnival. It turns out to be one of the favorite events of the year, as we always have a great time. It just keeps getting better every year and we have turned out to be Huge fans!
I have uploaded most photos (220!) this flickr collection!
Will also upload some videos too, enjoy!
A nice web site for news and keeping track of your rides:
http://www.singletracks.com
Finally, I created the Facebook Podilatreis Group! Everyone is welcomed to join!
Today’s ride around Vryses village, Chania prefecture. The weather was sunny but not too hot thus favoring bicycling.
At times we got off road, following some nice paths:
Spring in it’s best!
After the ride we had lunch in a nearby tavern.
The whole photo album (86 photos) can be found here!
For many years I remember Vancouver to be listed in the top 5 of the “best cities to live” world-wide. Although it has the fourth highest population density for a major city on the continent, it seems to be a bike-friendly city according to WikiTravel. Nevertheless it has a very vivid biker community according to the “You Never Bike Alone” documentary:
“It is about how cyclists are building critical mass in Vancouver, Canada, and changing the face of the city. The cycling phenomenon known as Critical Mass is a reclamation of public space that started in San Francisco in the early 1990s and spread by the internet throughout the world. On a set day, at the end of every month, cyclists and other self-propelled people ride en masse through city streets. “
Our local (Chania city) critical mass community is called Podilatreis and it’s activities can be tracked in this blog (in Greek). From time to time we also organize various rides away from the city, inside the beautiful prefecture of Chania. For tomorrow we plan a ride to the Vryses village. I have got two empty slots in my car’s bike stand for anyone interested. Vrououououououououom, ready to go!
After a lot of hard work during the past week, I thought i would give me a break (as i do with most Sundays). The wheather was shiny , so i rode my bike around the old city of Chania, but that was not enough. I loaded the bike onto my car and went to “Agious Apostoloys” area to ride across the park.
Having four different small beaches around, i could not resist, so i went towards the sea and after a short time of hesitation, i did it! My first swim of the year! Now the best thing when swimming during January in Chania, is that while inside the cold sea, you have a magnificent view of the snowed “White mountains”! An amazing feeling!
After having a hot bath back home, i became too hungry, so i started calling my friends to go for the usual “another great food adventure” travel, as we usually do every Sunday (perhaps we should publish our adventures in a related book sometime) . After doing this for the last 3 and a half years i though i had not much too see but it turns out i was wrong (again). We went to “Aidonisos”, a great restaurant in Gerani village. The plates were huge, food variety rich and the food was really delicious! I especially the “Volos tarta” and the “Vietnamese stakes”!
Getting back to Chania, we desperately needed a coffee break, so we headed to the “Kipos” cafe inside the central park. Returning to home late the night i fell in bed with a big smile. The spring season is coming, and i can’t wait for more such days to arrive.
Whoa!
Where i ride everyday (almost) :
When in Chania : (Nea Chora, around 8pm)
When in Ierapetra :
Any similarities ?
Coolness factor : 5!
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