Day 31 (Friday)
The first job on our list today (the only job actually) was
to purchase our overnight ferry tickets to Igoumenista (Greece). The ferry port was a 10 minute walk away and
the ferry terminal was a further 15 minute walk after that. When we got to the ferry terminal we realised
that we didn’t have our passports so we had to go all the way back and try
again. After we had bought the tickets
we came out of the ferry port and noticed a place nearer to our B&B where
you could buy tickets. Doh!
Today was my (Mark’s) birthday so we had lunch at a nice
fish restaurant. We ordered a secondi
plate each, Spaghetti vongole (clams) for Tracey and Fisherman’ risotto for
me. The waiter couldn’t believe this was
all we wanted so we worried that the portion size would be a bit small so we
both ordered a fritto misto (fried fish) as a main dish. Needless to say the pasta and risotto would
have been more than enough but the fried fish did not go to waste!
On the way back to our B&B to collect our luggage we
spotted an older lady making orchietti (ear shaped) pasta by hand, Tracey was
fascinated and would have loved to have had a go but didn’t know how to ask so
we watched for as long as we felt we could without being rude and then carried
on our walk.
After we had collected our luggage we went to the ferry
terminal (we really know the way very well now) for our overnight journey to Igoumenista.
Day 32 (Saturday)
Arriving at Igoumenista at 06:30 was like arriving at the
end of the earth. When we disembarked
from the ferry there was a policeman waiting with handcuffs. Fortunately he didn’t put them on either of
us but on a chap behind and then put him in the boot of his car. There was a sign that said ‘Free bus to the
terminal’ but after waiting a few minutes we decided it didn’t look like it was
running and decided to walk. During our
walk a pack of dogs decided to follow us, we’ve noticed that every port seems
to have a number of stray dogs, but they seemed friendly enough and soon got
bored once they realised we did not have anything to feed them.
ferry leaving in 30 minutes so we bade our fond farewells to
Igoumenista (and a different pack of dogs) and left.
The ferry trip to Paxos took two hours. The walk from the ferry port to our
accommodation was a 30 minute hike along the shoreline of a very inviting
crystal clear sea so once we’d booked in it was straight into our swimming
costumes for a dip. Normally I’m a bit
of a girl’s blouse when it comes to getting into the sea but the water here is
so warm I went straight in.
View from our room in Paxos
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