Athens

one word to sum up greece is hot. we have been waking up at 430
everyday and start biking in the dark. we rountinely bike by bars
that are still pumping out music and serving drinks from the night
before.

after a scenic 4 hour 40 km climb over langada pass, we spent the
afternoon touring the ancient byzantine city of mistras. from there
we spent the night outside modern sparta, which is a far cry from it's
storied name. from there it was two more hilly days to isthmia,
where we found out the only way to stay cool in the day is to take a
cold shower every ten minutes until the sun sets. we then did some
highway riding to where we are now, the terminus, athens. tomorrow
is a day of bike packing followed by a day of touring the city then
back to new jersey. we made it, 8 countries, 2700 kilometers and all
sorts of permenant awkward tan lines.