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Not completely happy with the shaky, hand-held quality of the previous "Scootering" footage we'd shot a few days earlier, Chris strapped the camera to the back of my bike so we could film our mountainous ascent on the coastal backroads. (I'll get around to posting clips of this someday. Don't worry, with the exception of Grant trying to brain we while I'm squatting down and talking to the bike-mounted cam, you're really not missing much).
european vacation part 17: the melidoni caves.
October 29, 2003
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More dangerous, high speed scooter hijinx for the benefit of the camera.
european vacation part 17: the melidoni caves.
October 29, 2003
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Once quick CHiPs-inspired coldlamp with the scooter...
european vacation part 16: scootering again.
October 29, 2003
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Same with tha Grizza.
european vacation part 16: scootering again.
October 29, 2003
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Twenty minutes later, and down at the bottom of the mountain we just ridden over, we stopped again to warm our hands.
european vacation part 16: scootering again.
October 29, 2003
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These tiny pics really don't do the mountains in the background justice. Click here to open a hi-res version in a new window.
european vacation part 16: scootering again.
October 29, 2003
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We saddled back up on our HOGGZ and hit the road. We only managed to get about 1/4 mile when Grant, who was leading the pack, slowed down and pulled over to the side of the road hysterically laughing and pointing...
european vacation part 16: scootering again.
October 29, 2003
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Which led to us getting hopelessly lost. With all the narrow, windy roads it took us a good 25 minutes to find our way out of town and back to the road that led home.
european vacation part 9: dinner with kostas vallassos.
October 25, 2003
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Here's us riding down a sidestreet clearly not meant for scooter traffic. Doh!
european vacation part 9: dinner with kostas vallassos.
October 25, 2003
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And now here's our Quadrophenia inspired SCOOTERGANG shots.
european vacation part 8: scooter madness!
October 25, 2003
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How tough is the Fatty in this pic? See that drop off behind Fatty in the pic? That's actually a steep road that leads down to this little tiny part of the penninsula that goes out into the water. We drove down to explore and take a closer look.
european vacation part 8: scooter madness!
October 25, 2003
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And here's "Stone Cold Player."
european vacation part 8: scooter madness!
October 25, 2003
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First up is Chris. Here he is demonstrating the pose called "Care Free Cowboy."
european vacation part 8: scooter madness!
October 25, 2003
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And my personal fave: "Kiss me, I'm Greek."
european vacation part 8: scooter madness!
October 25, 2003
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After we finished eating (around 11:30am) we walked back over to the scooter rental place next to our resort only to find this sign on the door "Be Back at 16:00!" The place had opened at 10am and by 11:30 (or maybe 11?) the guy working there needed to take a SIX AND A HALF HOUR BREAK. Greek people hate work like a fat kid hates running. After driving around in a car for awhile (and finding that most of the rental places were closed for the season) we finally found a local guy who was nice enough to have us follow him to a small rental shop he knew of down by the water. We plunked down 14 Euros each and BAM! we all got scooters. Here's Chris posing with his.
european vacation part 8: scooter madness!
October 25, 2003