Niforeika Beach Hotel & Bungalows Patras

... the coast where the road’s edge dropped into the sea. Literally! No curb, no shoulder, no guardrail, no reflectors, no nothing. Just the splash of the waves spraying our bodies as we drove over the heaps of decaying seaweed brought up onto the road. Quiet and serene, but not to last long. Rounding a curve, the road came to a sudden and abrupt end. All we could see was crumbled tarmac and trees growing up ...

... 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.

... and everything inbetween has been such a noisence. I don't usually stress or break down or anything, but i can say that yesterday was almost the final straw. I was about 2 seconds away from kicking in some random dude's gyro stand down, i was going to kick his uncleared table full of plates (Because they're soo lazy, they never clean the plates or drinks off the tables anywhere, quickly) and then, i was going to proceed to curse at the top of my lungs while punching ...

... hours. So we decided to live the life.<br><br>Then we went out for dinner and had a huge delicous meal of traditional Greek dishes. Everyone just shares everything. It was very cool.<br><br>This was the end of the day. Greece has been amazing so far. We both love it here!<br><br>By the way it is beyond hot here. If you are sitting in the shade doing nothing, you are still sweating profusely! Very difficult to go to sleep, and very stinky :/<br>

... who fired tear gas. But there were no reports of injuries and for the most part rallies in the capital passed off peacefully. Country 'at a halt' Public offices across the country were forced to close, with hundreds of thousands of people thought to have joined the nationwide strike, called by two unions representing some 2.5 million people. Nearly 200 domestic and international flights and ...

I left the camping site relatively late today. Got my laundry done and enjoyed a lazy morning on the beach. Five Km or so into my ride, on a beautiful coast line road with very little traffic I began to make out a figure in front of me. Wiping my eyes off the accumulated sweat and grease I tried to reaffirm what I seemed to be looking at. Yup, there was a tall skinny guy with a "Tembel" hat, biblical looking sandals, a little old fashion back-pack and a ...

Well, we´re back in Patras to celebrate my sister Kathý´s 50th birthday. There was food, drink, cheers, gifts, and lots of laughs. HAPPY 50th Kathy!! Our holiday in Greece has come to an end. Chad and Jackie have headed to Athens to explore on their own. Both my sisters and niece left for Canada and Barb and Alex are gone as well. Time for us to move on ...

... 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 ...

... preceding them, and that's the step of losing one's marbles. I told Dimitri that I don't think it's important whether we can fly or not, but I believe a person would be better-off if she believed it was possible to fly than if she believed it was impossible - unless, maybe, she jumped off a cliff. The other recent revelation that struck me, luckily not too hard, was that my lack of friends in the Patra area has largely been self-induced. A caring eighteen-year-old ...