Blogs from Central Greece, Greece, Europe - page 5

Another long (3 hour) drive from the western Peloponnese to Delphi. First a 60 mile drive to Patra, which is a 2 lane road. The locals make it into a 4 lane road which makes life interesting, particularly when cyclists, pedestrians, tractors etc become involved. Carol stayed very quiet. I think she was in shock. (EDGES OF ROADS, BIG DROP, OLD GREEK LADIES AND MEN WITH DONKEYS WALKING ON THE HARD SHOULDER WHICH TIM IS DRIVING IN, MAD DOGS RUNNING TOWARDS YOU AND DEAD CATS AND DOGS TO WEAVE IN AND OUT OF.)Then at Patra a new and very spectacular bridge, the Rio Antirro or Charlilaos Trikoupus (so good they named it twice) appears. (ALSO KNOWN AS THE A55) It really is an impressive piece of engineering, take a look at the photos. When you get ... read more

The hotel owners probably wondered what we were up to when we didn't appear downstairs for breakfast like all their other guests for the night.However,our overnight rate didn't include breakfast so we fed ourselves from our supplies although we didn't bring the microwave in so there was no scrambled egg. The breakfast room didn't compare to having breakfast on our airy balcony under the wide awning protecting us from the already warming sun and of course we had a toaster and they didn't downstairs. Although we had seen the passage of a small ship through the Corinth Canal yesterday which was more than we could have expected we didn't get to the bridge that crosses the 21 metre gap on the main road between Loutraki(where we stayed) and Corinth. The idea of a canal for the ... read more

Wednesday 24th October Another early start as we were travelling to the famous site of Delphi, it is about a 3hr drive from Athens but well worth the drive. I kept pinching myself as it seemed like it was a bit of a dream that I was on my way to visit a place I have been dreaming of going to for a long time... Another one off the bucket list... Unbelievable how lucky are we to be here. The town of Delphi is on a mountain side and in winter the opposite side of the mountain is a snow resort, the township is very quaint and cute with a road through it just wide enough for the bus to get through. We left Athens with it raining quite heavy really, it wasn't cold at all ... read more

18 September I have been very lax in keeping up to date with my blog (too busy relaxing in Greece!). So I left off with our flight from Beirut to Athens. As I mentioned previously, this was a smooth flight with the exception of a disruptive (and may I say drunk) passenger. It turned into a bit of a comedy in the end – though we felt sorry for the people sitting next to him. I think he was Greek – the air crew had quite a time getting him to sit down (the only time I saw the old flight attendant guy do anything was to tell him to sit and be quiet). Walking off the plane, we saw blood drops on the floor and didn’t know what it was until we saw the old ... read more

Well we are now in our last port in Geece before we arrive in Turkey. We have come down from the island and port of Kos were we stopped for 2 nights. the last blog I sent out didn't go as the network went down as it was down loading photo's. So you should have it now and this is following on very close behind. kos was interesting and i have already mentioned the scooters and buggy. The next day we got a taxi out to a old site that featured mineral baths that the Romans put in during the 3rd c AD. A very large site and quite amazing. It included many buildings and alters temples etc. A good sail down to the island of Simi today were we will stay for the next couple ... read more