Friday 12th October was not our finest hour as intelligent travellers!
After a very comfortable crossing we were off the ferry by 6.30 am. It was still dark and we had stupidly said we would pick up the ticet for the next ferry in Piraeus. We could not find the office and drove round and round up blind alleys and hovering in illegal spots! Eventually Ruth went up to the fifth floor in an office block to discover that it was just an office and not open until 9am!
So we set off for Patras on peculiar back streets and missed the main turning for Corinth. As we sat in a traffic jam and the sun came up we realised it was in the wrong place! We were heading into Athens. U turn and a 15 minute hold up getting onto the motorway followed by a beginner's navigation error at a service station and more confused progress down increasingly narrow roads§ We did eventually sort this out and had a fairly pleasant drive with a little rain and great views of the sea on both sides. We also saw the impact of the summer's fires on some hillsides!
We found Patras port easily but were amazed to see many groups of young men hanging around. This did not mean much at the time but we were reluctant to leave the car unattended and with the terrible signing for gates at the port and nowhere out of town to pull up we ended up sitting with a sandwich inside the port area for several sunny hours until embarking! Here she is!
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