5th international ATiC meeting in Volos/Greece
20. May 1998 until 24. May 1998
After celebrating four ATiC meetings mainly in Central Europe (Austria,
Germany, Italy), we decided (to proove the "international" ATiC team spirit)
to organize this one far in the south in Greece. ATiCs Sakis
and Phoebus together with the
Africa Twin Club of Northern
Greece and the Africa
Twin Club Hellas organized this cool event.
Please note that this report is not yet finished.
I need your help! Please give me your input on events or locations
I couldn't visit simultaneously. Thanks.
Wednesday
Most of the internetional participants arrived at Wednesday evening. We
stayed on a beautiful campsite
("Camping Hellas"),
located in Kato Gatzea,
near the city of Volos. It was located direclty next to sea (which was
surpringsly warm at a first bath) and food and drinks in the evening
were provided by a nice restaurant on the campsite.
Thursday
The first meeting day was Thursday. We planned a trip to Delphi
with a small offroad passage in between. However, pushing a big convoi
of about 40 bikes through the gravel roads and mud holes needed more time
than expected (some victims ...) and we arrived in Delphi quiet late.
(you can see atic#1 testing his new kind of "side-airbag")
Friday
On Friday we did a trip to the churches of Meteora. They are remote monastries
located on high mountains which made them nearly unclimbable in earlier
centuries. From the top you have a
great view to the surrounding landscape.
In the evening there was the famous Greek music night! People sitting,
talking, eating, drinking and dancing ...
Saturday
During Saturday most of us did a exploration to the area around
Pelio Mountain (easy offroad - no pics :-)) and met for Mototross in Horefto.
For the evening we had the chance to grill a lamb on the campsite! I don't
know where it came from but I don't think it was a victim of an @ ...
While sitting in front of it and turning at the crank we learned that you
can get quiet drunken of Greek Fanta until the meat is ready to eat
(4 - 5 hours!) :-)
Addon week Chalkikidi
Most of the visitors spent some further days in Greece. Ten of us followed Sakis
to Thessaloniki where we could stay for a night in his house. After exploring
the nightlife (Greek way: "start at 2 o'clock in the morning") we continued
to the lovely half island Chalkikidi, where we found remote beaches, seldomly
driven offroad tracks and lots of sun !
Life is a travel
Travelling is living twice
Omar Khayyam XII century poet.
(Stolen from the official meeting brochure
(see inner
or outer side))
&
The participants from ATiC (+ lots of Greek visitors):
Sakis Loykmakias
Phoebus Katsanos
Michael Dipper
Adrian Burkert
Stefan Schneider & Claudia
Martin Franz & Alba
Jörg Jünger
Jürgen Reimann
Markus Zielke
Michael Krebs
Stephan Griess
Falk Schmal
Rainer Esser
Frank (c/o Rainer)
Johannes (c/o Rainer)
Beppe Bonardi Burlando
Ingo Döring & Nadine
Werner Rosenthal & Wife
Frank Müller & Claudia
Torsten Metzner
Marco Spötzl & Karoline
Lorenzo Marsigli
Oriano Visani
Vladimir Stehlik
Tomas Spacek
Horst Fischer
Frank Gottloeber
Oliver Heim
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