We arrived early to the port of Piraeus to catch our overnight ferry to Santorini, only to find it had been delayed for 2 hours. So we settled in for a 4 hour wait. When it finally arrived, chugging a huge line of deisel smoke behind it, it took another hour to offload everything - including 4 oil tankers and a semi - and then finally at 9pm we took off (it was originally meant to leave at 5pm!). On board it really wasn't what it said it was on the website... exp...

After a long hot day of travel from Naples - 2 buses, 4 trains, 1 plane and a cab - we finally arrived in Athens at about midnight and it was still 29 degrees. They had the easiest customs ever... ie it didn't exist, you basically picked up your bags and walked straight out, only down side is no stamp on the passport... so many countries don't stamp passports anymore LThe next morning we headed for the major sights. It was a little more difficult to find our way ...