Blogs from Igoumenitsa, Epirus, Greece, Europe

Ding Ding, Ding Ding - it is 2.45 in the morning. Ding Ding - the alarm wakes us in readiness for what will be a long long day. Kalimeera folks for the last time . We freshen up as best we can. We have a drink to wake us up and we try to get Suzy ready for the trip to the docks as quietly as we can. There has been no sound all night. The campsite has been one of the quietest yet which is quite a feat as most of our campsites have been deadly quiet. We creep out trying not to slam doors. We unhook Suzy and take a long last look in the darkness at our Georgie neighbour. He will be staying awhile longer. His vehicle is too big to park anywhere ... read more

I haven't mentioned the sights & sounds of the beasties much on our travels...if it's not mosquitoes, blow flies, grasshoppers, crickets, moths, butterflies, spiders, ants or nightingales it's the cicadas. These things simply drive you nuts – they're quite small, grey/transparent & can sing/chirrup for their country & in a league of their own. They are just so loud . You normally don't see them but in Greece we did regularly – I had a particularly noisy one in my sandal...not one with my foot in thankfully. Our nice hostess was talking to us when we checked out about the Greek debt etc. “Yes, the new roads & motorways are fantastic & wouldn't have been built without EU money as all government money stays in Athens. If we had good, correct & honest politicians not taking ... read more

Geo: 39.5046, 20.2599 GUN 45 GUNLERDEN CUMARTESİ: Şeker gibi bir uykudan sonra yukarıda Ayşeciği buldum .. Bir kahve ile ayılmaya gayret ettik ..saat 9:30 da Igoumenitsa'ya vardık .. Yolu merak edenler için video burada tıklayabilirisiniz Brindisi- Igoumenitsa yol videosu : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qlAMOmWsWQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qlAMOmWsWQ ... read more

So fortuitous to have good friends that book their holidays along our route! Just a few days before they flew out Cally (one of my oldest friends) emailed to see if we were going to be anywhere near. A quick divert in the itinerary and we were off to Parga. Its a lovely old fishing village, a harbour with shops and houses set against the hillside. The next bay is a lovely beach, Voltas where we found a campsite, and surprise surprise we were right next to Cally and her partner Chris’s hotel. We spent a lovely few days being totally spoilt. We explored Parga using a little ferry boat service from one bay to the other, stopping frequently for sustenance and ice creams, culminating in a lovely meal overlooking Parga harbour. Cally is rather partial ... read more

Geo: 39.5046, 20.2599 GUN 4 günlerden SALI Normal saatte kalktık. Kahvaltımızı, aheste beste yaptık ve dönüp odayı toparlamaya başladık. Bir şey söyleyeyim mi ? "Şahbaz" otelinde kalmak bir ayrıcalık.. Her ne kadar dağılmayalım diye, sadece ihtiyaçlarımızı arabadan odaya taşıdıksa da ,sonunda bir sürü ıvır zıvır getirdiğimizi anlıyoruz.. Onları tekrar geri götürmek bizi huysuzlaştırıyor.. Acaba bir şey unuttuk mu ? dertlerine düşüyoruz. Paramızı ödedik ....Mariya ile helalleştik ve yolumuza girdik. Üstün bir "zeka eseri" sergileyerek,bu kez kestirme olsun diye, çevre yolu yerine şehrin merkezinden geçme kararı verdim.. Nasıl düştüm bu tuzağa anlamıyorum... Korkunç bir hata … Biz... read more