Day 18 & 19 - Athens
Day 18 Housekeeping today. We have shed around 10 Kg of weight ( sadly not off us but the bike) and more importantly heaps of volume. Plenty of challenging terrain ahead so every little helps. Good workout, must have walked nearly 5 km with the bag before we found the "right" post office to post it from, and after all that, it was only 380 metres from our hotel!!!!! So maybe both of us will be able to contribute to the weight loss programme after all. Spent most of the afternoon route planning our new entry into Iran which means we must go from Turkey into Georgia and then Armenia. Bought a couple of extra T shirts today and got yesterdays lecture in reverse, "just because we're sending stuff home doesn't mean you can buy more!!!!" Piraeus is a busy port area with mostly local shops etc but a smattering of tourist things also as the cruise boats dock here. Nice in parts, run down in others but a nice enough place for us to take stock and plan the nex...