MONDAY 25th JUNE 2012OVERNIGHT FERRYThe Louis Olympia docked at about 4am which was a pretty rude awakening, but we had to be out of the cabin by 7.00am anyway, so we went up for a quick brekky at quarter to six and then having packed all our bags yesterday arvo (our cases were collected during the night) joined our group ready for disembarking at the designated time and place! With over fifteen hundred people getting off our ship at once and with about six ships...

FRIDAY 22nd JUNE 2012GREEK ISLES CRUISELeisurely start this morning, didn't have to be at the port of Piraeus to catch the cruise ship until eleven o'clock! Last night we put all our cruise luggage into one case and also put some gear in an overnight bag! The other case will be stored at the Novotel until our return! That way we won't have to fit an extra case into our cabin! We set off to the port passed some of the infrastructure built for the Olymp...

WEDNESDAY 20th JUNE 2012GREECESet out for Brindisi on the west coast of Italy where we are to catch a day ferry to Igoumenista in Greece. This is a bit of an itinerary change as we are supposed to get an overnight ferry from Bari to Patras, but this service has been withdrawn due to the economic problems in Greece!The drive was quite interesting for me with a lot of nice farms (vines, olives and general) and pretty countryside at the start, but as we got further ...