The two women with brooms and buckets lingering in the hallway outside my small room here at the Mystras Inn make me anxious. I am pushing my check out time. It’s about noon, and it’s hot. I spent almost four hours wandering Mystras, and now I have a two-hour ride to Monemvasia. It looks like […]
It feels good to be on the bike again. The road calls me often, but the business of the TV show kept me busy for the past year. Even now I am unsure what is happening with Travel or Cooking Channel. Seems merger chaos with Discovery Communications has tossed everyone for a loop. No decision, […]
With just one day more in Greece for most of my Canadian friends and for Pan and Brittany who take off for a few days in Santorini, we all met up in Nafplio to pick up Gyros and souvlaki before heading to Tolon Beach. The Greeks love their beaches. Popular organized beaches are close to […]
I cannot believe I’m in Greece. I’m with Doc, my bike, which is a huge thing. Even more, I will celebrate the marriage of my good friend Pan and his beautiful bride Brittany in a small village in the rugged mountains of the Peloponnese. At the Huge B&P wedding Part 1 outside Vancouver Canada, I […]
South of Nafplio, the first capital of modern day Greece, is the small village of Kiveri. On the coast in the Peloponnese about two hours west of Athens, Kiveri is the hometown of Panayioti’s (aka “Pan” — the producer of my TV show and who has traveled with me to China, Iceland, and Mexico) mother […]
Meet Panos the owner of Vintage Wine Bar & Bistro, a legendary destination in the heart of Athens. Allan & Panos taste Greek wine while discussing the misconceptions about travel, food, and of course, Greek wine. Recorded while Allan traveled through Southeastern and Eastern Europe during his 2018 tour in Athens Greece while his motorcycle […]
With about 85,000 miles traveled in over 60 countries, my trusty BMW F650GS Dakar, “Doc”, has been ridden hard and for the past 20 months, put away in a dark garage. Thanks to the great team at Vagianelis in Athens, I’m packed and ready to go. Often people ask me why I don’t ride a […]
I last walked into Vintage Wine Bar & Bistro in Athens in late September 2016, some 21 months ago. So with time to kill, and a thirst for a cold Assyrtiko I stepped into Vintage once again. I waded past the window front tables and dining area to the quaint bar in the back. A […]
I carry a lot of ‘technology’ on my bike. Perhaps too much. Yet that’s what drives me, to capture through words, pictures, sound, and motion the energy and excitement of an adventure like this. All that technology takes up space and weighs a lot. I carry a DSLR, three lenses, a MacBook Pro, portable hard […]
While the technicians and engineers at S.A. Vagianelis attend to “Doc,” my 2005 BMW F650GS Dakar that sat in hibernation here in Athens since October 2016, I spent the day wandering the city center. During my last trip, I took in all the historic sites from the Parthenon to the Acropolis museum. So today I […]
