Olympia - Athens We did a walking sightseeing tour of the city of Olympia and then headed into the mountains of Arcadia over the Corinth Canal to Athens. The Corinth Canal connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. It cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and separates the Peloponnesian peninsula from the Greek mainland and therefore effectively makes the former an island. The canal is 6.3 kilometres in length and was buil...

Sorrento - Bari - Ionian Sea Crossing We drove across the rugged Apennine Hills to the Port of Bari for an overnight ferry to Greece. As we left the port we saw an awesome sunset and in the distance we could see the lights of Italy. The ferry advertised modern comforts, duty free shops, two restaurants, three bars, disco, casino and swimming pool. Unfortunately reality was it was really old, smelt badly of cigarettes, the room s were stuffy and smelly an...