With the bus on the ferry to greece!
Last night we left Brindisi by Boat on our way to Greece. A night like this on a boat is very special. They allowed us to sleep in our camper on the upper deck (which was relatively cheap) so we…
Ignition problems in Patras
On arrival in Greece we noticed that there are quite a bit of differences with the rest of Europe. For example traffic rules don’t exist, parking rules are never invented and occasionally you see a road sign in English. All…
Olympia
Olympia is one of those nice little towns tucked away in between the hills on the Peloponnesus peninsula. Normally this would be an ordinary and one of the thousands nice towns you find in Greece. But, xx years before Christ…
Nafplio
Nafplio was first a Venetian settlement, then conquered by the Turks and later it became Greece first Capital. Now what is left is a beautiful typical Greek small town, with white houses and all, surrounded by three fortresses. According to…
Nafplio citadel
The vast citadel of Nafplio stands on a 216 meter high outcrop overlooking the city. Two ways lead to the fortress. The first is for sissies and is a road you can drive by car. The second is the more…
Driving in Athens,
We decided to travel together with the ozzies we met in Nafplion to Athens. Paul, who’s family is greek had warned him not to drive into Athens and go wide around it. Rule number one of travelling is value a…
Pickpockets!
Athens has all the good and bad things of a Metropole. Its has beautiful musea, ofcourse the Acropolis, the plaka and the markets. Unfortunately there are side effects as well as we found out. When returning from an evening stroll…
Free camping and the naked shower
On the road we met many travellers who freecamped. We had not so far as we needed the electricity to charge our laptop and the camera. But we thought it was time to explore this new side of camping basically…
Free camping how it is…
We both had to get used to the idea of freecamping, we guess. Strange noices from the harbour kept us on alert for a while and it was difficult to fall asleep. All night we slept on alert and in…
The oracle of Delphi
The ancient greek had chosen Delphi as the center of the Universe. According to the Mythology, Zeus released two eagles at both end of the universe and they met here. Delphi was also the home of the famous oracle, a…