Kalabaka to Delphi, Greece – the first 140km towards Athens was a freeway, this is the road that brings in the hordes of tour busses from Athens to Kalabaka. There were 5 toll stops in that 140km €0.60, 2.05, 2.35, 1.35, 0.45, which is one stop every 28km or 14 minutes, at each stop I have to take my gloves off get my phone out to pay the toll and put everything back on before I rode off. This is a complete waste of time and it must be very expensive to maintain such a system and the inconvenience to motorists. I was lucky there were no big queues at the toll stops only 1 or 2 cars ahead of me. I rode from the French border near Monaco all the way to Milan with only one stop at the beginning to collect a ticket and one at the end to pay the toll. The same in Croatia all the way from Zagreb to Bosnia. To not have a computerised system in this day and age is ridiculous. After that off the freeway and another 76km through the mountains to Delphi, good ride.

Delphi – considered to be the centre of the world by the ancient Greeks. Pythia the Oracle of Delphi was widely known and consulted by the rich and powerful. There is a good museum and the some well preserved ruins. As with most places in Greece it is on a hill and means yours knees will take a beating hahaha.

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