Bored in Bari

Mel said I shouldn't bother with a blog on Bari. Still, here it is.

Nothing happens there! A very boring town. We arrived at 10pm hoping to get an 11pm ferry that a rumour told us existed. We couldn't find it so we had to stay in Bari. I couldn't get hold of anyone at the youth hostel (which was 8kms out of town anyway), so we stayed centrally. Not cheap though! Our friendly taxi driver was trying to tell us that there was an event on in town that meant that accommodation was limited. We never saw a sign of this. Never mind.

The next problem was finding a ferry out. The ferry to Patras, Greece, didn't have any cabins left. We had resigned ourselves to another long ferry ride in aircraft-style seats. However, we saw that another company also had ferries to Greece but to Igoumenitsa only...but they did have cabins. This is quite far to the north so the ferry trip is shorter and a bit cheaper.

The cabins sold the idea to us. We then had to wait until 8pm for the departure. We wandered the streets for a long time. Most things were shut during the middle of the day. An Italian siesta if you like. Tourist towns don't seem to do this so much but Bari does!

When it came time to board the ferry we found it to be very basic. Still, we had a room and had bought bits for dinner from a supermarket. We had a meal in our cabin and then slept like logs until 8pm in the morning. I haven't slept so well in ages. Shame the boat trip wasn't longer!

We got off the boat just as the ramp touched the wharf. Welcome to Greece!