http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/Patras/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Greece , West Greece , Patras en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:09:22 +0000 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:09:22 +0000 Her er en kort update herfra Vi har som sagt valgt at tage et par dage her i Patras En hyggelig lille by og i dag tog vi til Rion som ligger 10 minutters togkoersel herfra.Her er der en strand Dog ikke helt saa paen som ved Vesterhavet hvor vi kunne laane nogle solstole Mod at vi koebte drikkevarer i ejerens bar og her har vi saa daset hele dagen Det var bare skoent at kunne koble http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/Patras/blog-413411.html SAA er vi endelig kommet til Graekenland.Fredag morgen tog vi med et tog fra Napoli til Bari hvor vi skulle sejle fra.Sejlturen tager omkring 1530 time og det er hundedyrt. Rederiet vi skulle sejle med ville have 16 Euro per person bare for at faa lov til at sidde paa daekket og det var kun saa billigt fordi vi har Interrailpas.Ellers tog de 77 Euro per person for at faa et saede at sidde paa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/Patras/blog-413057.html We're 305n Greece. I know you're not meant to pass op305n305on when travel wr305t305ng the strength of the wr305t305ng should convey all. Bugger 305t. We l305ke Greece. We've only spent one day here but 305t has already endeared 305tself more than Italy d305d 305n almost a fortn305ght. Tak305ng that short ferry has shuttled us from one European co http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/Patras/blog-402599.html Sunday st MarchTo those of you who have held your breath for the next exciting instalment .... I'm sorryCatching up on 17th March. Leaving the ferry at Patras the sat nav. decided not to work so we followed our new German friends out onto the highway finding out later that they were following a greek man who was f0llowing .. no not really. Later when the sat nav did work we had a hairrai http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/Patras/blog-382472.html Sunday 1st March 2009 We had agood start off to Anconaa little misty on the along the road but no problems untill we got stopped by an Italian policeman for not having our lights on in a little tunnel he fined us 30 euros All the while people are thundering past at twice the speed limit. Bastardo The scenery was unexpectedly beautifull all the way along the Auto strada Atlantico.Arriving at http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/Patras/blog-377694.html Thoughts so farSome random thoughts on the trip so far.The high good points.The Alps climbing out of the rain into glorious sunshine and the run to Mt Blanc. The Valle De Aosta and stopping in Pont St Michael. Eating in Bourg En Bresse regional French food of great quality.The hotel had antique bikes They let me sit on a prewar Guzzi. The low bad pointsThe rain in France learning th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/Patras/blog-287247.html On Sunday July 15th we traveled by car for 3 hours certainly it would have taken me 9 hours for sure with the 2 lane hiway with most driving on the shoulder to allow traffic to pass in the middle from both sides and with all the turns and curves. Nick is a fast driver as all are here. The road goes through country and cities and villages through the Korinthos Canal. Beautiful. Also beaut http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/Patras/blog-197122.html Well our cruise was everything we hoped for and more. First of all we bough deck class. Its a 30ish hour ferry and we bough deck class which means we were crammed into a big room ok not crammed but there were maybe 50 other people in the room that was half inside and half outside. So if it got cold we were basically screwed. Just before the boat took off people started claiming their sp http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/Patras/blog-165220.html I left Corfu on saturday the 7th of april for the peloponese city of Patras. As i carfully stepped over borken peices of pottery which had been hurled from windows as part of the easter celebrations and doged the horeds of people and fire works that were randomly being set off I considered trying to stay on the island for a bit longer. But I had already booked passage on on a ferry that would http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/Patras/blog-147171.html Down the cliff a nightlit city spread before us. Above in the starstudded sky bats swept through the spotlights. Within there were only three of us travelers raiding a silent fortress. We crept about the shadows discovering the silence of an overcome fortress and when daylight rose we left toward a theatre one of the largest most grandiose and well preserved of the antiquities. Upon http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/Patras/blog-92069.html This was the beginning of a twoday adventure that I just completed. Sidenote I lost the camera cable so I'll have to find another way to upload the photos maybe someone around the hostel can help... I'll check tomorrow. Day 12 started out in Athens. I crawled out of bed in the hostel still groggy and fighting off the cold. Also the guy from Brazil was coughing all not... sounded pretty http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/West-Greece/Patras/blog-49417.html