95.7km
4 hours 57 mins
394m elevation gain
We can't believe it but this is our second last day of cycling!! We didn't have much option for hotels so we decided to push a bit more today and to do over 90km, leaving a shorter journey for our final day tomorrow. The biggest news of the day was that I am now terrified dogs are going to attack us, any time we go near a dog, and there are a lot here, they go crazy and start barking like mad or chasing after us. Shanky did have to employ our new water spraying tactic once today, but we survived. Also, for the first 20km of today they were laying a huge pipeline by the side of the road, there were a lot of workers all along the way, plus diggers and for the rest of the day we saw huge lorries go by with additional pieces of the pipeline. They had escort vans as they are so big and at one point we were told to stop as it was a windy part of road. It seems like they have a tight deadline to finish the job.
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| The awesome waterfall in Edessa |
Edessa
We stopped for lunch in Edessa today and ate amazing food at Ousies and the staff were super friendly. In Edessa there is also an incredible waterfall, it's a huge drop waterfall with a ton of water coming down. It made a huge mist of spray at the bottom which was cool and the sound of the water was very loud all around. We could also see that we had even more of a descent to come, as our final destination for the day, Giannitsa, was in the distance. Edessa also has a statue of Alexander the Great, see below.
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| From the top of the waterfall, looking out over Giannitsa |
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Our yummy lunch complete with feta cheese, halloumi,
grilled aubergine and vine leaves etc. |
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| Alexander the Great |
Sights of note:
- Electricity pylons where you can hear the electricity pulsing through
- Workers laying a pipeline for the first 20km
- Large solar panels on an industrial scale which I think are for the farmers
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| Watermelons in Giannitsa |
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| Sunset on the streets of Giannitsa |
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