In the morning we drove back to Florence, and had some minor parking issues but thank god we narrowly missed a hefty parking fine for parking in the centre of the city.Once we were parked safely we walked around the city, starting at the Piazza di Santa Croce and the church where Michelangelo is buried, but we weren't able to get in because Bek's shorts were too short (sorry but it's freakin 40 degrees, I'm not going to walk around in jeans!).We walked around the...

We started the day driving from Athens, attempting to make our way to Thessaloniki.After a few hours of driving, we were doing about 70km along the national roads, when we noticed the car drop a gear and go down to 3rd, and the overdrive button which allows us to drive over 70 with an extra gear had stopped working.As it was a Sunday, we decided to camp at a beach nearby (which happened to lie under Mount Olympos), and wait till the Monday to get some help.We aft...

We left Tolo and drove to Epidavros, home to Askeplion, a place in ancient Greek times where people would travel toworship the Greek god Askeplios, known for his healing powers.At the site was the ruin of a big hospital and hospice, a temple worshipping the gods, an athletic track which is still used today and a huge amphitheatre which was still in good condition. We then headed into Athens, drove 30km past the city to look for cheaper campsites (assuming they wo...

Our ferry arrived in Patras around lunchtime and we drove east towards Korinthos to camp for the night.On the way we had a quick look at the Korinthos Canal.The campsite we stayed at for the night was right on the beach, but wasn't very busy, a sign that the high season was coming to an end.After going for a swim, we were sitting just outside our van chilling out with some beers (called Vergina!), when a small white van with an elderly lady pulled up next to us.S...

This morning we woke up feeling a little bit under the weather, poor Ben was still recovering from the copious amounts of polish vodka consumed the night before! We had breakfast with 'Mike' and his family, and in usual European tradition, kept offering us things to eat like watermelon, lemons, grapes and figs.We tried to return the favour by offering him some vegemite, which didn't go down too well! After packing up our stuff we said our goodbyes to Mike and eve...