Boats

Its friday night and we're at a camping ground in Venice. The last few days have been pretty tiring but interesting and a good experience. On Tuesday we left the Islands and went back to Athens on a ferry that quite possibly could've been a retired Interislander. We arrived late after a 6hr trip, and left early the next morning for Patra by bus. Once in Patra we were informed by a very animated travel agent that we could get very cheap tickets (and even cheaper since we're under 26 - ah the benifits of youth) on the deck of the boat which left for its 33hr voyage to Venice that night at midnight. He assured us it was 'BEAUTiful BEAUTiful boat' and there was no need to waste our money on the more expensive ticket options as the deck would be fine for two spring chickens like ourselves. We bought the tickets and after giving us directions to the local sights and bidding us to 'spend good your time here' we spent the afternoon exploring Patra. That night we boarded the Ikarus Palace which looked like a slightly dilapidated cruise liner only to find that deck tickets actually meant literally that - on the deck outside. Imagine spending 2 nights and a full day outside on the Interislander ferry. After contemplating that awful thought and realising our sleeping bags would take none of the hardness off the steel floor not to mention the puddles of water everywhere we enquired about and upgrade. Luckily for us it was pretty cheap to change our tickets for ones which entitled us to an airplane-type seat each. We arrived in Venice early this morning and have seen a good bit of the city today. Really love it here and can't wait to explore more tomorrow.
Love to you all, arrividerci xx