Festival in Patras

Journey From Patras to Kos

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March 17th 2009
Sunday !st March To those of you who have held your breath for the next exciting instalment .... I'm sorry! Catching 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 ha ... read more

Europe » Greece » West Greece » Patras

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Greece achieved its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it gradually added neighboring islands and territories, most with Greek-speaking populations. In Worl... ... read more