Pavlina Beach Hotel Patras

... standard at a major port, but I&#8216;ve been proven wrong several times before. <br><br>Mind you, even with the convenient in location, they were still not easy to get to. I had to play my own little version of &#8216;Frogger&#8217; to get across the busy 4 lane road crowded even more by vehicles ignoring the lines. Road signs and painted lines seem to be more of a beaurocratic decoration to appease some ...

... 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>

... Yes of coarse there is one leaving tomorrow."<br>"Is it available?"<br>Without checking her computer, "Yes of course it is available, just the quicker you book the better."<br>Shona went back to tell Dino the news. "OK lets do it." We lugged our bags back to the ticket office and said "Let's do it. Book the ferry tomorrow for Corfu."<br>Click, click, click "Ah, ooh, um the ferry tomorrow is full. The next one available is Thursday."<br>"THURSDAY ...

... 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 ...

... get on board the ship an hour later and we get straight to our cabin. It is small, but clean and cute. <br><br><br><br><br><br>I have a quick shower and I am out on the deck to get some pictures and meet the rest of the group.<br><br><br><br><br><br>We chat a lot and start telling jokes.<br><br><br>Later at night I want to get access on the internet but there is no ...

... to replenish our supplies and purchase a Greek Phone Card. This task accomplished, we set off across the city to the train station. The fast train was 22 Euros, and the slow train 16 Euros. Guess which one we picked? After purchasing our tickets, we walked to Bari's main square where we found something to drink, and also a pen for Jacy's journal. We returned to the train station to continue our ...

Notre premiere belle journee ensoleillee !! Nous sommes partie tot de Delphe pour se rendre a Olympe, une rendonnee de 4 heures d"autocar. Une fois sur les lieux nous avons fait le tour des ruines d"Olympe et le premier stade ou les jeux ont eu lieu. Nous avons par la suite fait a visite du musee archeologique avant de prendre le depart pour traverser les ...

... 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 ...

... intended. I wasn't sure what deck seats meant, since this was my first ferry ride, so I strolled up the deck and placed my bag on the wooden floor. The deck was clear and I was ready for a slightly windy camp night. Then, this talkative Australian bloke appeared and the next thing I knew we were drinking bears at the three other backpackers. The Australian guy turned out to be of Greek origins, his friend who had been working at the Melbourne port until he quit prior to the ...

... living beside the river nearby. So, okay. I'm sorry if my chonological account turned a bit unchonological. But, that little equilateral-eared dog was my favorite of the four. I hope he keeps wandering. Maybe he'll find my camera. - peace, Modern Oddyseus "I believe I can fly." - Seal ("Fly") Thanks to Arianopolis; Kostas & Anna Antanatos; and Kostas for the rides! Much thanks to Ela; and Eva, Tany, Isabel, Raquel, Andrea, Wong-cha, & Small Estia for the places to sleep!