Dimos Eretria

Today we packed up from our Airbnb, had breakfast and caught an Uber to Split Airport.
After the confronting lines at Amsterdam & no online checkin for the flight today, we opted to make sure we were there nice and early for the flight… Wasn’t necessary though! Split airport is fantastic, all airlines are operated from the airport staffed check in desks, so just choose a desk and check in! There was over 10 desks so check in was so easy!
We went through security, surprise my backpack got stopped again - but then I got waved through! So we killed the time with coffee and a call to Mum & Paul.

On the flight as we approached Athens, the turbulence became rough from the wind, landing was a rocky event but was smooth touching down.

We had just over 3 hours to kill until we meet the tour operator. So we grabbed some food and lounged until we needed to go the meeting place. We did look at catching a train to the mall but with Sunday timetable, opted to play it safe today.

Upon meeting the tour company we found out due to the heavy winds all ferries were cancelled (didn’t even cross our minds!) So the next option to get us to the start of the tour was a 4 hour bus ride.

Off we set on the bus ride, we got to stop in a town called Eretria for dinner. Katie had a salad and I had the grilled Octopus - This is somewhat some of the cheapest restaurant food we have had the whole trip and it was great! After dinner it was another 2 hour bus ride to where the tour starts.

We arrived in Karystos just after midnight, now it wasn’t windy, it was a gale breeze shall we say! So no staying on the boat tonight! Instead they had organised a hotel for us.

Now I do have to put this (Reader Discretion Here!) I have come to realise, due to the small pipes you can’t flush used toilet paper down the toilet in Greece at a lot of places, in a bin it goes and the hotel/facility cleans it daily… Bit of a culture shock I am still getting my head around, but we have 2 weeks for me to get around that!

Overall we are happy we made it, Thanos our tour manager seems very nice and will do anything to help out!
This has been our longest travel day so far (excluding flights to Europe) Hopefully the weather comes good and the wind settles.Læs mere