Florida Blue Bay Hotel Patras

... back-yard varieties. I feel as though I&#8217;ve entered a tropical paradise!<br><br>A coastal road with mountains on one side provide for some beautiful scenery. This morning sailing into Patras was beautiful. The sun rising and illuminating a series of rugged islands. I imagined and undersea range of mountains and these were only the highest peaks poking out of the water&#8217;s surface. <br><br>Arriving at ...

... was taking me through lovely greek villages and wonderful senery.<br><br>Arrived at Patras, the third ferry brings me overnightly to Brindisi, Italy, to arrive there at next morning. As usual: A night in my sleeping bag somwhere at deck on the floor to sleep.<br>

... the back of it. <br>Shona had never realise how beautiful Greece is and wished we could have had more time there, mind you with more money as well.<br><br>We sat back to wait it out for our ferry, and for the first time we were the first ones on board. We even got cushioned seats to spend our night on. What luxury!<br><br>After Shona had a descent nights sleep (we won't mention Dino), we landed in Bari. We still have to make our way to Sorrento.

... kicking everything and anything in my site. I was sooo angry. Why you ask? Because yesterday (august 21st, 2009), i was told that all the ferries to italy were booked and that i couldn't catch one until Monday. That would mean another 3 days in Greece...**** THAT! Well, needless to say, I was soo upset with Blue Star Ferries lack of help and shoo'ing me away. I went to the information area and asked for where the travel agencies were. I went to the port building and asked ...

We woke up on the ferry after a very uncomfortable, interupted sleep.<br><br>Got ready for the day and ate our breakfast that consisted of a jar of nutella, some bread rolls, a pound cake and some bananas...mmm, the breakfast of champions (or really sweaty back packers :/)<br><br>We got off the boat and immediately found and internet cafe. We had a message waiting for us from Joao our couch surfing host in Patras. We got his number and gave him ...

... the Cyclades. We got a pretty good price but after we paid and made our way to the hotel he booked for us in Athens were we ever aprehensive about the rest of the trip. The hotel was a complete hellhole. Neither of us felt safe and the air conditioning didn't work in the first room and it smelled in the second room. It was so noisy and awful. OMG We hated it. I put a chair and a bag blocking the window and luggage in front of the door and we desperately tried to sleep. There were ...

... the street, open the back of the truck and let a flood of immigrants out.  All through out the city there are groups of immigrants in the streets and parks.  The police officers chase them down and arrest them. (also what we saw with our own eyes)  We spoke with a local that worked at a detention center on a Greek Island.  She said the come in droves and are often brutally treated by immigration officials and police.  If successful they try to them board ...

... Nike's temple, the Aereopogus (where Paul addressed the men of Athens in Acts 17), the Agora, an absolutely breath-taking experience inside the 11th century Church of the Apostles (sang a few our version of the Doxology), and a few other incredible ruins. Truely a fascinating morning. Funny sidenote, we kept running into these hilarious Canadian girls that I swear aren't any older than 17; I've had to keep ole Greg on a short chain as he's ...

... I would have missed out! <br><br>Once we got to our hotel we were excited to head to the beach, only to find that it wasn't really much of a beach, more just rocks. Many of us jumped off the pier and went swimming in the sea, the water was surprisingly cold. I was standing there in the water up about to my knees ...

... one was a maple-colored and bologne-loaf-shaped baby. This equilateral-eared baby didn't blindly tag after the others. He went curiously where he pleased, wandering to check out sewers and other things of doggy interest. Then, his body skated through low air as he rushed to catch up. - er, wait a minute, that's not a sky-tall event. The important events need some elaboration, surely. The curious wandering equilateral-eared dog wouldn't like such a straight ...