18 Apr 2015 – Driven To Write

Sightings: 1962 Chrysler Newport

Muscle cars, fifties to mid-70s Cadillacs and Corvettes are the most popular American cars in Denmark. Chryslers are unusual and this one is not even an Imperial but the lesser Newport.

Theme: Roads – Rhodes

Rhodes is pretty much as far east as you can get before you leave Europe. Most people fly there.

Rhodes is not that big a place, almost 80 km from north to south and almost 40 km from east to west. 115,000 people live there full time and must cope with a huge, fluctuating tourist population.

Most of Rhodes’ roads are paved and once you get out of the main towns there are many sinuous and varied local roads winding through the island’s mountainous landscape. Like most Greek roads the surfaces are irregular and poorly maintained. Road signs are only sporadic and you must Continue reading “Theme: Roads – Rhodes”

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