2018 Greece 10

Today’s official route is more difficult than yesterday’s.  According to the  Ride With GPS software, the maximum grade is 18.8%. Yikes.  (The steepest paved road in the world is in Dunedin, New Zealand – 23%.)  So we decided to opt out.  Instead we did the short ride which we missed on the first day,  The Shore East of Kissamos.

Left, a nice lunch location but we were there before lunchtime.

   

We came to  T in the road but it was gravel in both directions. We weren’t sure where we were but Patrice headed out anyway.  The rocks were bad enough but then we encountered deep sand and our wheels sunk.  When I finally got up the only option was to walk the bike for a while.  We got to what I think is the end but there is a path off to the  right.  Patrice and Brenda take off on this “path” through a field.  It’s narrow and branches hit me from both sides.  I holler “This is stupid.”  but they continue.  Damn hard-headed women.  We did finally come to a road and they feel vindicated.

We find a taverna which is open, run by an old woman who has almost no teeth. We are the only customers.  For once, we find someone who has only limited English but she understands beer.  It is very early season here and she has not stocked up on many items on the menu but I had a pretty good pork chop and the tomatoes in the Greek salad were fantastic.

 

The restaurant is less that 1 km from a Roman Amphitheater.

We’re not sure what this is; it was beside the Amphitheater.  Maybe an alter?  The stone in the manmade alter matches the natural stone behind it.