Greece on My Wheels.GREECE ON MY WHEELS. Edward Enfield. 2003. Read by the author. 7 tapes. 9.5 hrs. Clipper clipper, type of sailing ship, designed for speed. Long and narrow, the clipper had the greatest beam aft of the center; the bow cleaved the waves; and the ship carried, besides topgallant and royal sails, skysails and moonrakers—a veritable cloud of sails. Audio UK, Recorded Books. 1-84197-964-3. $61.75. Vinyl vinyl /vi·nyl/ (vi´nil) the univalent group CH2dbondCH—. vinyl chloride a vinyl group to which an atom of chlorine is attached; the monomer which polymerizes to polyvinyl chloride; it is toxic ; content notes. A The very British Enfield set out alone at the age of 70 to journey through Greece on a bicycle. He took two routes, one through the Peloponnesus and a second from Corfu to northern Greece near Albania. Along the way he quotes other travelers, such as Benjamin Disraeli, Edward Lear, and Lord Byron, on Greek history. Enfield is a lively and humorous narrator NARRATOR. A pleader who draws narrs serviens narrator, a sergeant at law. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 37. Obsolete. and gives the traveler a clear picture of the possibilities of cycling along the route and whom one might meet along the way. He carefully notes where one can find lodging, the condition of roads, and the mileage MILEAGE. A compensation allowed by law to officers, for their trouble and expenses in travelling on public business. 2. The mileage allowed to members of congress, is eight dollars for every twenty miles of estimated distance, by the most usual roads, from his . This is valuable information in a country whose people measure distances casually. Enfield took the time to learn Greek to the point of being able to talk to locals; of course, this led to many adventures that help to give the reader a true picture of the country and its people. Full of wonderful stories that are well narrated. The appendix gives fuller details of the historical figures mentioned. The appealing packaging features a cover drawing of a man with bike in hand looking at a bust in a Greek village. Rozelle Overmire, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , CA |
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