The next morning we were up early to begin the long journey to Athens. We had some delicious pastries for breakfast, then boarded the train for the first leg of the journey from Rome to Bari. We had a few hours to spare in Bari so had an Italian farewell party for two with a grande serve of gelati. We then strolled through the lovely little town to the port, catching the sunset just as we boarded the ferry.
We managed to secure three seats each on the ferry and got a great nights sleep. We made a pitstop in Igoumenitsa to see the sunrise (and let the noisy people off the boat), then continued on to the dodgey looking port of Patras.
Next it was a bus to Athens and, after driving past some really beautiful scenery, our driver was kind enough to drop us at the street our hotel was on. We finally made it to the hotel in Athens 33 hours after leaving the hotel in Rome.
The next day, after a great big Greek breakfast and checking in with family back home, we headed out to explore Athens on a beautiful spring day. We had just enough time to visit the Acropolis before the slack Greeks packed up for the day and kicked us out.
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