Captivating Crete Bike Ride Oct 9-Oct 23, 2025 (NOT FINISHED!)
CRETE BIKE RIDE with Cycle Greece, Colleen McGuire Oct 8, 2025-Oct 23, 2025 On 10/9/25, w e flew into London Heathrow in 'business class" with a little different arrangement; "1, 2, 1" seat layout. Definitely a new plane. We walked to the Hilton Garden Inn, right on the airport property, then headed to town on the "express train" ending up at Paddington Square. We wandered around Hyde Park, Kensington Palace & had a fish & chips dinner in a busy little pub invited by a couple young men to join them at their table. Headed back to the hotel and went to bed, around 8:30pm London time. Then on to Athens. We stayed a couple nights close in, before the biking crew arrived giving us a chance to do some sightseeing. The first day, we walked up to the Philopappos Monument behind our hotel. The next day we hiked the very visible" triangle peak," Likavittos by trekking across Athens to find the trail up. Granite steps meandered up to the peak where ...