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Hello again !

Last post on this blog was more than a year ago and was about a MTB ride around the Marathon lake in the north part of Athens . Since then I’ve done the circle 3 or 4 times along with friends or in group rides with the cyclist-friends.gr forum.

After the fires of last week the ride will not be the same , the little church is burned and the fire only stopped when it reached the water.

And that’s not the end as the fire burned even more up to north suburbs destroying homes , cars , etc

Marathone Lake via Kapandriti

Photos from Marathon Lake .

This is the side of the lake near the Kapandriti vilage.

We plan a complete toor of the lake on Sunday 13/4 for more info check the cyclist-friends.gr forum thread

Aigina island with bikes

Photos from Aigina island excursion .

From Drosia to N.Makri

And then to Sxoinias (Marathon beach) with the mountain bike from dirt roads.

Actually from the 35Km 10 where on tarmac.

We got lost many times as the only guide was printouts from Google Earth.

Total time was 4h , about 2 hours riding ( since Helen took the 35mm Nikon FM2 SLR with her)

Greece on FIRE

+ Πάρνηθα 28/06/07 => ACT NOW

The last 4 day's I'm @ home burning from fever.

But this is nothing compared to the destruction of Parnitha mountain from a fire that went out of control for TOTALY POLITICAL reasons.

THERE IS TO MUCH ANGER (and fever) to say more but the following links are some of the actions already planed .

http://high-hills.blogspot.com/

cyclist-friends.gr

http://manosnik.blogspot.com/

weather station...not mine

While checking for a wether condtion report for the area around my house I found a new armature weather station which belongs to one of my classmates at high school.

The setup looks very tidy (compared to my attempts to setup a wifi hot-spot in my roof), and the info very useful.

Here is the link www.pefteixioni.com

Lost

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3
Lost Season 4 will air February 08 until then ...patience ...I can say that I'm officially hooked with this series. I'll probably start with Prison Break to go through summer.

Bike Report

From Anoixi to Kryoneri square and into the Parnitha forest towards the old palace.

I was just about to turn back after 8km (thinking the 8Km to reach home) when I meet 2 guys from my neighborhood and folow them into the forest.


In the way back we managed to squeeze our selfs into a BMW Z4 and scratch the pour "truck" with the bikes.


Alex and Tasos thanks for the ride !

Bike Links

Cyclist Friends Greece

Mtbr.com Forums

Bike report

15 Km to Marathon Dump
















20Km around Stamata














And last Sunday 15Km Dionysos to Ag.Stefanos with George and Helen

All photos from my mobile phone so the quality isn't that good but there is NO way I can carry more weight :( .

Inland Empire

It's official ...I can't stand Mr.Lynh films.

I don't see the "second level" of his films and after Inland Empire I'm no more interested in finding it out.

Trip to northern Greece

Took 2 days off add the weekend and drive 1500Km (there and back) to northern Greece at the city of Kastoria .


Which is build on a small peninsula in the lake of Kastoria. And the best way to explore it is on a ...


Close is the biggest lake in the Balkan area , Big Prespa

The Painted Veil

Nothing ... but totally nothing special.
Pity as I like Mr. Norton very much.

New toy !

ok , this is my new(est) obsession

After a brief (on line) search I went and bought a new mountain bike.

Actually my "oder" bike was bought from my parents when I was in high school so I suppose that it doesn't count.









I also perused my girlfrient to get one.












This is the latest photo

Bluetooth Stereo Headset

Yesterday I got birthday present ! a Plantronics Pulsar 260 Bluetooth Stereo Headset
I didn't have the time to fiddle with it but I'm pretty impressed with it the A2DP works very well with my SE W710i in comparison to a Sony Ericsson HBH-DS970 that I tried from a friend that couldn't handle the transition from music playback to voice call.

Test cases to complete 1) connection to more than one phones 2) connection to the PC for Skype and DVD play back

Which movie you watched last night

Gorillaz Demon Days Live

No actually a movie, but I watched it last night so here it is.
I'm a fun of the group so ... I liked it a lot.

Which movie you watched last night

The Fountain (2006)

Didn't like it , complicated , mixed , without a clear target to it's meaning.

The soundtrack is also said to be something special and for sure has a contribution to the movie atmosphere but it's not enough.

Which movie you watched last night

The Thirteenth Floor (1999)

I liked it a lot , but I'm not sure who is the copier Matrix was also release at 1999.