This video is part two of our bikepacking & road cycling adventure through the north of Greece. We ride and sleep close to the shoreline, explore the vibrant city of Thessaloniki and make our way through the mountains. Between stunning views we eat some Greek snacks and review them. Hope you enjoy watching this video!
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00:00 Coffee morning routine
01:41 Abandoned hot spring
03:04 Greek beaches
04:14 Cycling towards Thessaloniki
05:29 First tough mountain climb
07:25 Exploring Thessaloniki
08:33 Abandoned train depot
08:57 Mezze
09:20 Hotel after a long day
11:02 Cycling towards the mountains
12:27 Snack review #1
13:07 Snack review #2
14:00 In the mountains
15:50 Snack review #3
16:58 Snack review #4
18:18 Top of the mountain
19:14 And down we go
20:26 Snack reviews #5 & #6
22:32 Towards the border of North Macedonia
[Music] hey hey [Music] [Applause] hey oh hey hey oh hey oh oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] this is the second uh abandoned termal Bath House we’ve uh come across here in Greece uh the water is still very hot and people still come here to bait it looks a bit Shady with all the graphity in aband rooms but actually it’s pretty [Music] nice hey heyy [Music] hey hey [Music] [Music] [Music] uh we stopped at this uh spot at the seaside for the night we’ve uh we’ve only cycled about 30 kilometers but um I think it di the F the last two days before we’re going to arrive the siki which is going to be a big city for us so we want to soak in all the sea energy and the the lack of people because you have like the stretches of beaches here are quite long and it’s just beach beach beach no one no one no one today it’s it’s quite hot uh so we made this little tenty structure it’s quite cozy and then there Neil is reading on the beach um and I’m just strolling around looking for shells or little pieces of plastic that I sort by color just uh taking it taking it easy and just enjoying uh what the Day brings [Music] that over [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] okay so it seems I could use a little uh practice on my mountain climbing uh actually it’s like the first really big hill we encounter uh the one that leads to Tessalon so it’s uh it’s not even that much I think it’s around 650 m in 5 kilom uh but as you can see I’m like pushing the bik uh sweating my ass off but it’s not always sandy beaches and relaxing so wanted to show you the real s of all to getting there [Music] [Music] a [Music] [Music] [Music] right now we’re uh exploring T saloniki and we’re looking for the statue of Aristotle cuz I think you should see the statue of Aristotle when you’re in but we don’t didn’t find it yet they’re going to keep looking for the Statue of Aristotle what are we going to do a few moments later we have finally found the statue of Aristotle as you can see it’s much fun Aristotle had quite a big to [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] we did uh quite some cycling today uh it was only Farmland Industrial sites uh out of Thessaloniki didn’t really see uh much nature uh for about more than 80 km today so we opted for a hotel tonight didn’t really feel like uh searching for a mediocre place here uh so we end up staying here uh the old the old uh train station over there this is our uh hotel room this is €0 €30 a night this what gets you wait wait wait you forgot about the amazing art on the wall we got some uh questionable Hotel art well uh this what you get everything is a nice extra we’re going over there over the mountain Back to the Sea fresh from the supermarket we bought some snacks protein bars [Music] [Music] oh [Music] a [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] okay number one the one I’m uh most excited about because it has dinosaurs check it no chocolate cookies like um chocolate wafer vanilla aftertaste not too bad but nothing special m this one gets only uh five out of 10 let’s [Music] see it’s like a thick chocolate layer filled with PR cream with like a full hazelnut inside and scent waffer it’s everything a tired fit girl needs that and a hot cup black Jew which by accident nil is preparing for me this definitely gets um eight and a half out of 10 [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] I n [Music] [Music] [Music] let’s do another protein bar review top of the mountain so uh guess I deserved it 20% protein let’s see if it’s tasty M pretty commercial tasting like a mix of lion and Twix which is that when there is a 20% protein you can uh taste the protein pretty well which is always too bad but hey can’t have everything in life this gets a nice um 6 and 1 half 7 out of 10 nice so after this thousand meter climb I thought I deserved this um I don’t know what it says it’s a Stella and actually I already had a bite and it’s so good it tastes like a scent waffer but with cookie dough inside and like with enough filling to make it creamy so that it’s so that it’s not just a a dry waffle and it has chocolate chips it’s like this and at this point it’s it’s all I need it’s a nine welld deserved nine so good so creamy so stretch atella so cookie so chippy it’s amazing it could be me it also could be this cookie here we are at the highest point 1,900 M we came from 40 m yesterday um and did about 40 45 km so a climb of almost 2,000 m in 40 km pretty good considering the road conditions lots of it was gravel this latest part is like new asphalt um but the views here are incredible thank you oh keep my soes good morning morning this uh morning we have a bar for breakfast a breakfast bar so we thought we do a double review I have a quite healthy looking insta bar which um says it’s honestly good with pistachio and cranberry I have the Greek ATO whatever Max so I’m excited because it says Max and it’s so much bigger than mine it’s it’s quite big okay so let’s try looks like a misly better for Thani mine is like a deluxe Cent waffer mine tast like B fromi like this nutty boring yeah the p shows give it a few points up but for the rest very basic this one is basic too but the chocolate is quite tasty at this moment actually I don’t think we’re very um difficult people at the moment no what’s your yeah mine gets uh six out of 10 mine too the pistachios give it a six otherwise it would be a five but I’m grateful for this let at breakfast and now let’s switch [Music] [Music] [Music] e so we just crossed the border from Greece to Macedonia and it was quite unexpected cuz we didn’t expect it to come so far today so now we’re a bit like overwhelmed to be here leaving Greece leaving Greece because Greece was amazing and Greece had frappes which were like this amazing C coffees with a creamy layer which we had almost every day I guess every day but okay there’s enough time now we have still 15 kilm to go till the first big city and to grieve about the fra um so let’s go let’s go let’s go that was it 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