Yiamis!

Well, we've moved on from Italy (for now) to Greece. We took an overnight train from Rome to Brindisi, and got in around 8am. After that we found our way to the ferry port and caught an 11:30 ferry to Corfu, getting us in just after 7pm Greek time. A Pink Palace bus was waiting for us and took us to the hotel where would spend the next three nights.


The long ferry we took from Brindisi to Corfu.

When we checked in we were given a free shot of Ouzo (the local Greek liquor which tastes like Sambucca), and taught how to say cheers in Greek ("Yiamis!").

Dinner was included at the Pink Palace and it was quite good. It's not exactly busy season, so tons of the tables are empty and the bar isn't as busy as it would be in July or August.

At night we went to the night club at the hotel and had a few drinks and had some much needed sleep.

The next day we woke up relatively early to do laundry, and signed up for the quad safari tour of Corfu. It took us to a few great lookout points at the tops of mountains, a beach to swim at, some off roading, and several bars for a few drinks.All in all, it was a good way to see Corfu.


One of the lookout points.


Ryan at another lookout point.


The last lookout point, where you can kind of see the area where the Pink Palace is.

After the quad safari we had some dinner, drank a cheap bottle of Vodka and headed to the hotel bar again.


Some of the people on our quad safari that we hung out with at the bar.

We drank way too much and slept in until 2pm and didn't leave the room until 4pm for lunch. It was a rough morning. Unfortunately, we had to get ready to do it again as Saturday night was the Toga Party. We picked up our Togas and headed down to the bar again after dinner.

We realized that we look ridiculous, but so did everybody else.


Us in our Togas.

Around 1am there was a big Ouzo circle where everyone sat on the dance floor, and they poured you Ouzo shots and smashed plates on your heads.

The night was a bit less messy than the night before, but we had to get up early to checkout by 9am. We finally found a bus that would get us to the ferry terminal at 1:45, and headed down there not sure where we were going next. There were no ferries to Patras (to get to Zakynthos), but we found one to Igoumenitsa, and that's where we are now.


Arriving in Igoumenitsa.

We've got an 8:45pm bus to Athens that will get us there in about 8 hours (we think), so now we're just killing some time before we leave. We plan on spending a couple of days in Athens, and doing a day trip or two to some of the Cyclades (Islands) nearby. After that, we have to make our way back to Italy to see Venice, before heading to Oktoberfest!