Our Mediterranean Itinerary:
February

From September 1997 to June 1998, a team of cyclists circled the Mediterranean, visiting cultural sites and schools, meeting local people, and writing reports of their visits. In February, the team continued to travel in smaller groups to visit Cyprus (Corinne and andrEa), Lebanon (Ethan and Padraic), Syria (Anthony), Rhodes (Corinne and andrEa), and Turkey. Click on a date to view the complete report submitted for that day. The towns and cities the team visited and a brief list of key topics covered in the report are shown for each date. Dates are listed in the form MM/DD/YY.

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January |	March

CYPRUS, LEBANON , SYRIA , GREECE The riders split into smaller groups due to travel restrictions and in order to cover more of the region. They reunited in Turkey before continuing on to Greece. For this section of the trip: Corinne and andrEa traveled from Israel to Cyprus to Rhodes (Greece) and then to Turkey. Anthony traveled inland from Israel to Jordan to Syria and then to Turkey. Padraic and Ethan traveled from Israel to Jordan to Lebanon and then to Turkey, where they joined Anthony.
02/02/98	Beirut	LEBANON (Anthony, Ethan, & Padraic): coffee (food), Internet access, border crossing, terrain, Libyan weddings, reconstruction, civil war, social life
02/02/98	Paphos	CYPRUS (Corinne & andrEa): wildlife, Mediterranean Sea, ferry travel, Greek mythology, Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
02/04/98	Byblos	LEBANON (Anthony, Ethan, & Padraic): Phoenicians, papyrus, Alexander the Great, Byzantines, Crusaders, alphabets, bike safety
02/05/98	Tripoli (Trablous)	LEBANON (Anthony, Ethan, & Padraic)
02/05/98	Rhodes	GREECE (Corinne & andrEa): wildlife, Mediterranean Sea, ferry travel, Greek mythology, Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
02/07/98	Tartous	SYRIA (Anthony): border crossing, nutrition, Hafez al-Assad, Middle East wars, history [additional report from Beirut, Lebanon]
02/09/98	Al-ladhiqiya	SYRIA (Anthony): bartoush (food), Norias of Hama, Crac des Chevaliers, health, Muslim Brotherhood, Phoenicians, agriculture, daily life [additional report from Beirut, Lebanon]
Greece Itinerary Continues in March
TURKEY
02/11/98	Adana	(Anthony, Ethan, & Padraic) köfte (food), Ugarit (Syria), border crossing, Iskenderun, travel
02/12/98	Mugla	(Corinne & andrEa) mountain, youth hostels, exhaustion, forever sunsets
02/13/98	Adana	(Anthony, Ethan, & Padraic) Adana kebab (food), Antioch, Saint Peter
02/14/98	Milas Bodrum	(Corinne & andrEa) pine honey (food), St. Peter's Castle & Museum, potholes on the uphill
02/15/98	Silifke	(Anthony, Ethan, & Padraic) Adana, Mersin, Korykos, Kizkalesi, Silifke, traffic, HISTORY, Crusades, castles
02/16/98	Selçuk	(Corinne & andrEa) ruins ruins everywhere, the Oracle, apple tea (food), the effects of war on tourism
02/17/98	Ephesus Izmir	(Corinne & andrEa) the Temple of Artemis, Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, bad coffee, HISTORY, Gülden Güllü (Person of the Day)
02/18/98	Alanya	(Anthony, Ethan, & Padraic) Börek (food), Atatürk, HISTORY, Ottoman Empire, Alanya, history of the bicycle
02/20/98	Izmir	(Corinne & andrEa) school presentations, press interviews, live chat madness, email Turkish students!
02/20/98	Antalya	(Anthony, Ethan, & Padraic) Iskender kebab (food), Coast of Golden Sand, tourist over-development, the Greek gods, international artifact theft, Side, Antalya, HISTORY
02/22/98	Kas(h) Olimpos	(Anthony, Ethan, & Padraic) Turkish ravioli (food), St. Nicholas, Diocletian, Lycia, Myra, history, Chimera, Mount Olympos, scenery
02/23/98	Çanakkale	(Corinne & andrEa) Asclepion, Pergamum Acropolis, Troy, cheap transportation
02/23/98	Fethiye Xanthos-Letoon	(Anthony, Ethan, & Padraic) Xanthos, Lycian League, Alexander the Great, history, bicycling
02/25/98	Galipoli Istanbul	(Corinne & andrEa) mountain cheese, Gallipoli, Dardanelles Strait, being hidden in the back room of a restaurant
02/26/98	Istanbul	(whole group is now together again) geography, Constantine the Great, HISTORY, Constantinople/Istanbul
02/28/98	Istanbul	Minisa kebab (food), Byzantine Empire, Hagia Sofia/Aya Sofia/Sancta Sophia/Church of the Holy Wisdom, Justinian, daily life, Mosque of Sultan Ahmet/Blue Mosque, Ottoman Empire
Turkey Itinerary Continues in March

January |	March

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