Monday 11.04.2011 – The Ionian Queen docked an hour late into Brindisi, but who cares, we are in Italy. We met an Australian couple on board named Karen & Nick from Sydney who were on their first holiday to Europe (Nick had been to Greece as a child). They had already been to Greece and were now on their way to Italy and the UK – good one Karen & Nick. Soon after arrival we loaded up the Pommie Ducati bike and Greg rode it off the ship –...

After returning to the 'Pommie Ducati', we set off for Patra and found the ferry terminal with ease. We were going to purchase what is called "air" seats. They are seats the same as you find in an aeroplane; they recline to a limited degree so that you can sleep. Given that the voyage was going to take over 12 hours over night, we decided to treat ourselves and upgrade to a two berth cabin with private facilities. The cost of the cabin was 188 Euro (about $250) r...

Sunday 10.04.2011 – We headed off to Olympia which is only 21 km east of Pyrgos and parked the bike in the main street of the village and decided to have some breaky before we hit the archeological site for a look see. We ordered what we thought was a toasted ham and cheese sandwich only to discover we were served a large bowl of yogurt and honey. Never mind, it was delicious and better for us anyway! We then bumped into a group of Australians who were on...

Saturday 09.04.2011 - After a map recon we decided to follow the coast north as it looked like it paralleled the ocean for a good deal and also took in some interesting mountain roads – good stuff - twistys and turneys - a biker's delight! The scenery on the road was just magnificent! We ran out of superlatives to describe it. We travelled east from Gythio to a small village called Acropoli and then followed the coast north to a large town called Kalamata. ...

Friday 08.04.2011 – We packed up and headed out of Athens bright and early to avoid the peak hour traffic. We set Tom for Corinth; about 80km away just to get us out of the city. Destination – unknown but somewhere into the Greek Peloponnese. We thought we were doing fine for the first 3 km before we hit the motorway as the traffic was light and travelling at a steady speed. Then chaos!! The motorway traffic was not only horrendous but downright suici...