I am now in Patras, waiting for the 6pm boat to go Ancona, Italy….  my last few hours in Greece and not at all sure that I should be leaving the 30c sunshine, blue skies, sparkling sea! All of a sudden it feels very real that I will be in the UK in a few days!!!

The boat journey from Crete to Pireas, Athens was great.. smooth seas and met with two friends from the circus, so good company too, no sleep, but that’s ok…. got into Pireas at 5am, parked up in the port and had a little sleep there for a couple of hours.  Panos (greek friend from circus) came down to meet me about 10am and he took me around Athens, visited all the sites, managed to do some shopping, eating etc… whizzing around on the back of his motorbike was great fun! I love Athens (and I don’t usually like cities), but I have fallen in love with Greece so it’s all good!

We met with Lena and Stella in the afternoon (more friends from circus), hung out drinking coffee and eating and then went back to Lena’s place – which was a small room on the roof of a building, very cute and fantastic views of the city and sea!  More chatting and some massaging!  I stayed with Lena last night, watched sunrise over the city this morning and we then walked to her work, had some breakfast and then I was on my way!  Back on my own, the first time in weeks, back on the road and back in BG!! 

BG is on fine form, starting all the time and purring along the road! I’ve been driving with a huge smile on my face, remembering the past 10 weeks, people, places and experiences and fully realising what a fantastic time I’ve had, am still having and will have in the future.  I am looking forward to the journey home, though I’ve been sensible with getting the boat further up the Italian coast to Ancona, it does save 600km of driving if I’d come into Bari. I’ll cut across Italy and come along south France, then I can call in on another circus friend and then straight up to Calais!

I am inspired to get on a plane, simply so I can visit new friends in Sweden, Thailand, Singapore, Bali and Australia and it would take a very long time to drive to visit them all, though if anyone fancies the trip, I am more than happy to do it!

So friends and family in the UK, I should see you all quite soon and can bore you further with the detail of my adventures, pictures included of course!  Do have a look at my friends blog ‘elaineguru.blogspot.com’ -she’s got some great pics on there and even 1 or 2 of me!

If anyone from the circus is reading this (maybe you Elaine) and you have a CD of the chanting and songs we sung, I would love a copy and could give you an address to post it to!

Best get some food for the boat journey..  see you in Italy or France or the UK!?!?!?!?