Patras Travel Blogs

This is the day we were supposed to go to Olympia:  unfortunately Illias was on strike and the site and museum of Olympia decided to show their support by striking also.  We decided to walk in Patras.  We went to the Information center and got a walking map.   When we …

-Still under construction- I need to put in order my head to remember details and interesting things to write about..I hope to do it soon.. Meanwhile some pictures to share..

The Rion-Antirion bridge crosses the Corinth strait near the city of Patras, connecting Peloponnese with mainland Greece. Recently completed, the bridge is one of the most challenging engineering structures in Europe and the longest cable stayed bridge in the world with a continuous deck of 2…

My travels last fall through England, Italia, France, Ireland and Greece

5.27.09    Ferry Greece to Italy (Patras to Ancona)   Happy Anniversary to Mom and Dad!  Hope you had a terrific day after let’s see (2009-1961) Goodness!  Is that 48 years of marital bliss?!  Wow!!   We left Athens this morn with just one hair-raising,…

an interrail tour

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This little Hawaii girl is finally living her dreams and backpacking the world. She's adventuring solo so try to keep up...

travel around western europe

Highlights from one month traveling through western Europe- London, Amsterdam, Paris, Rome, Athens, and one month in Moscow.

I have to tie a location to these pictures/journal entry.  "Patras" encompases the drive we took through the Peloponnese. The drive from Olympia took us west to Pirgos where we jumped back on a highway (2 lane road) northeast to the port city of Patras.  Just east of there, we would be c…

Vandaag moesten we de boel weer afbreken. Dit was vrij snel gebeurd, je zou haast denken dat we er bedreven in gaan raken. Na het ontbijt gingen we naar Patras waar we anderhalf uur de tijd voor onszelf hadden. Na wat wandelen namen we op een terrasje wat te drinken.

One week trip to Greece with my school mates! Something I'll never forget.

I took a 2 week tour of italy, greece and turkey. i went to rome, naples, genazzano, capri, sorrento, pompeii, vatican city, and assi italy. got a ferry from bari, italy to patras, greece. from there took a bus to corinth, athens, greece. got a boat in piraeus, greece to go to mykonos, rhodes, patmos, and docked at izmir, turkey. hung out for a day in kusidasi and ephesus. then flew to istanbul, turkey.

i've finally managed to escape the oh-so-fascinating world of hedge fund finance, and am now decadently indulging my long-suppressed wanderlust with 15 months on the road and around the world... *note: apart from the odd review (generally of something not found in your standard guide book), this is really more just a map of my travels than a proper blog, but if you want more information on anywhere i`ve been or what i`ve been up to, send me a message and i`ll see if i can rustle something up.