Today was our travel day from Corfu to Athens. We began by waking up with the biggest hangover of the trip as a result of the generous drinks at the toga party. Thankfully we didn't have any activities to do today, just ferry and bus travel.
We took the ferry from Corfu to Igoumenitsa, which only took an hour and a half. Being hungover on a moving ferry on the sea is an interesting experience but not necessarily something I'm looking to recreate. After we got to the mainland, it was on to the bus and then we had six hours of bus trip to get to Athens.
After a couple of hours we stopped at Amfilochia for a gyros! A bit like a souvlaki but smaller and contains hot chips as well as the standard meat, salad and tzatziki. It was the perfect antidote to our hangovers which were being aggravated by the bus travel.
We got in to Athens around 6pm. Our bus parked a couple of streets away from our hotel and we got to walk through the alleyways (which remind me a lot of Melbourne) to get to it. We had some time to have a shower and a quick nap and then we had dinner at a little restaurant which had two live bouzouki players. Afterwards we did a bit of souvenir shopping and a group of us shared a shisha at a little bar around the corner of the hotel.
I want to live here forever. I really love Athens. Also, if anyone is concerned, the streets are safe to walk at night and everyone seems happy and conflict-free.
Tomorrow we get to explore the Acropolis!!! I'm so excited! I think I might get a little bit emotional.
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Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Day Seven
Today we were given free reign on the isle of Corfu, a whole day to do whatever we wanted. Seven of us decided to hire a mini van to drive into town and visit some shops, and then beach hop on the west side of the island where the beaches are sandy instead of rocky.
A lovely Canadian decided to drive since he was the least hung over (if at all), the only person who knew how to drive a manual car, and is used to driving large vehicles. He was a total champion, navigating the roads with ease and seemed to have incredible luck in finding car spaces. First we went into town to go to the pharmacy to get aloe vera gel because I am too pale for Greece and have gotten a bit burnt. However it's already developing into a nice tan so no complaints.
The first beach we visited was at Liapades Bay, which was incredibly beautiful. We bought some pool noodles so we could float in the sea again and stayed in there for ages. We had a gyros and a drink and suntanned for a while. Actually we loved it there so we stayed for hours.
The second beach we visited was Ermones Beach which was surrounded by luxury hotels. We couldn't be bothered swimming again so we had an ice cream and walked the trail around the bay.
The streets in suburban Corfu are incredibly narrow, some are one way, some have furniture blocking them and some were just blocked for no reason. We spent a lot of time figuring out the roads and getting stuck in one way streets where locals would just drive the opposite way. We're figuring out the way of life in Greece pretty quickly.
We had to get home to the hotel to have dinner but because some of us were full from lunch we stayed back and took our time to get ready for... the toga party!
Contiki puts on a toga party for all travellers visiting Corfu, and this one was huge because we had four busloads of revellers. So we got to meet the other travellers who were doing different tours. Before we got to drinking and dancing, we were given instructions on how to tie a toga in two ways. Both were a bit too short for my liking so I improvised and made something I like to call "historically accurate".
It was a huge party and we all drank too much. The next day we had to be out of the hotel by 7am for our travel day from Corfu to Athens! So we were a bit worse for wear. But very happy to be finally visiting Athens.
A lovely Canadian decided to drive since he was the least hung over (if at all), the only person who knew how to drive a manual car, and is used to driving large vehicles. He was a total champion, navigating the roads with ease and seemed to have incredible luck in finding car spaces. First we went into town to go to the pharmacy to get aloe vera gel because I am too pale for Greece and have gotten a bit burnt. However it's already developing into a nice tan so no complaints.
The first beach we visited was at Liapades Bay, which was incredibly beautiful. We bought some pool noodles so we could float in the sea again and stayed in there for ages. We had a gyros and a drink and suntanned for a while. Actually we loved it there so we stayed for hours.
The second beach we visited was Ermones Beach which was surrounded by luxury hotels. We couldn't be bothered swimming again so we had an ice cream and walked the trail around the bay.
The streets in suburban Corfu are incredibly narrow, some are one way, some have furniture blocking them and some were just blocked for no reason. We spent a lot of time figuring out the roads and getting stuck in one way streets where locals would just drive the opposite way. We're figuring out the way of life in Greece pretty quickly.
We had to get home to the hotel to have dinner but because some of us were full from lunch we stayed back and took our time to get ready for... the toga party!
Contiki puts on a toga party for all travellers visiting Corfu, and this one was huge because we had four busloads of revellers. So we got to meet the other travellers who were doing different tours. Before we got to drinking and dancing, we were given instructions on how to tie a toga in two ways. Both were a bit too short for my liking so I improvised and made something I like to call "historically accurate".
It was a huge party and we all drank too much. The next day we had to be out of the hotel by 7am for our travel day from Corfu to Athens! So we were a bit worse for wear. But very happy to be finally visiting Athens.
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