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BikeAbout Log

At 6:00 PM March 27, 1998
Sunrise (local): 6:31 a.m. Sunset (local): 6:55 p.m.	Weather 50°F
Traveled Since Last Dispatch 0 mi / 0 km Cumulative Total 3423 mi / 5512 km	Lat: 40° 02' 38" N Lon: 20° 44' 46" E Elev: 1903 ft / 580 m

Fast Facts

Where We Are: Konitsa ()
Where We're Staying: Konstantinos (Kostas) Housos Guest House ()
Places We Visited: Primary School #1 of Konitsa, Konitsa High School, Konitsa Town Hall, Konitsa Town Hall Auditorium
Featured Site: Konitsa Town Hall
Person of the Day: Mr. Prodromos Hatziefraimidis, Mayor of Konitsa
What We Ate:: Food of the Day: grilled meats; Breakfast: Greek coffee, tea, and assorted pastries (tiropitakia, spanikopitakia); Lunch: Greek salad, beef head soup, bean soup, breaded fish, french fries; Dinner: Greek salad, tzatziki, salanaki, melitzanosalata (eggplant dip), and lots of assorted grilled meats (liver, lamb, beef, and pork); Olive count: 1920
Word of the Day: "Eliftheria" () means "freedom" in Greek. Learning this word was very much in keeping with the Independence Day celebration we enjoyed back in Ioannina. "Eliftheria" is also the name of the newspaper in Larissa that published an article about BikeAbout in Greece!
Tech Fact of the Day: earthquakes in Konitsa: Flat Count (Cumulative): 22; Broken Spoke Count (Cumulative): 28


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