First (minor) balls up...

You would think that a bus that had "Corinth" written on it, that was parked under a sign that read "To Corinth" and the man took your ticket that was for Corinth would actually stop at Corinth, wouldn't you? So did we...

So once we started to get a funny feeling that we had actually gone past Corinth we got off and started to walk, before we realised we were about 20km away. One taxi ride and 20 euros later we arrived. But not soon enough to get into this place -

 

- which is an absolutely amazing hill fort at ancient Corinth. A very nice man in a very dodgy car picked us up drove us up the hill but even then the gates were shutting as we got there, but we had a good look from the outside anyway. Oh well.

 

Local eats

So last night it was a bit cold and rainy so we decided to just go across the street to one of the local "restaurants". We had no idea what this place was but two blokes welcomed us in and proudly showed us their barbecue basically which had an encouraging amount of meat on it. We were ushered into the next room which had lots of locals in it, nice and cosy. The lady asked one or two, we said two, and that was ordering taken care of. So out comes two large Greek salads and some bread, then two plates of chips with 6 pork steaks on top. Of each. Dig in folks. Holy moly. We gave it a red hot go but couldn't quite knock it off, fortunately it seemed quite standard to take a doggy bag away with you so that was today's lunch sorted as well. But it was nice to share an evening with regular folks just hanging out gorging oneself. Silly me didn't take the camera though, so here are some photos from yesterday.

Crazy fish at the best smelling fish market ever

Probably our first decent photo of ourselves

 

The back streets at night. Pretty huh?

Tomorrow the plan is to bus south to Ancient Corinth, then further south after that. It's beer o'clock here, so it's "adio" from me. Speaking of beer, 90 cents for half a litre. That's a bargain.

 

A handyman's dream.

Great location, amazing views, some work needed. Would suit large family.

Needless to say, the Acropolis and all the buildings on and around it is amazing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had a massive walk around Athens yesterday. It has great alleys and colours and contrasts. It really is very cool. Not that many tourists either which is great, it would be bonkers in summer i reckon. On the food front we have eaten lots of salad and bread and meat and its yum. Beer-wise I've had three Greek lagers, all good, but I'm looking forward to finding a Greek ale. Our Greek is coming along slowly, luckily the locals speak pretty good English. And traditional Greek coffee is shit. Still sorting our body clocks out so its afternoon nap time after a big morning in the museum.

 

It begins...

Three thumbs up to Emirates. Good food, good seats, good times. We've navigated the trains and back streets of Athens and we are happily and tiredly ensconced in our hotel. Time for a shower and a bit of a lie down.

So far, so good

Two thumbs up for emirates. Spare seat next to us AND we got toothbrushes and eye masks and socks, which is awesome. Now we are enjoying the pleasures of Dubai airport where they sell such things as phone watches (which I really want) and 3 litre bottles of vodka which would also be cool. But not as cool as a phone watch. Next stop, Athens.

Welcome, and adios

Hello! So we have five months off, and we thought "what shall we do?" and then we thought - "let's go to Europe!". So we are...

Our bags are packed, the trees are watered, the ducks are happy and the fridge is (sort of) empty..

Tonight its 14 hours to Dubai, then onwards to Europe.
First stop, the classical sights of Athens and Greece, then, well, we'll see.
I'm looking forward to delicious Greek lamb and not being so hot, Jo is looking forward to sitting at a rooftop bar looking at the Parthenon.

Woohoo!!