Northern Greece

We docked in Patras and headed for the only campsite. The area had loads of waterside bars and restaurants, packed with locals, which was fun, until the club music went on until 5am. We slept with ear plugs. We headed north along the west coast and once again we were reminded that Lonely Planet sometimes hypes things up a little. We stopped in at Ionninia and visited the mountaintop villages of Zagora as well, but we didn’t think it was worth the detour. We then headed to the mountaintop monasteries of Meteora; a world heritage site, which is amazing and worth the long trip. We did a day trip on the scooter; with a lot of hiking and climbing of stairs as well. We continued west, into Macedonia and once again found the guide book recommendations to be sad, run down places. We did, however, get to have some great Greek food and especially enjoyed all the grilled meats. We tried to hunt down the wine route at Naoussa; the premier Greek wine producing area apparently, but also without much luck. Thus, we hastened our trek to the Turkish border.