Boring Bari and Boats

So

K, Gems turn, Jez starts every post with So..., have you noticed.

We didnt really do anything today, we arrived into Bari on the Ferry at 8 this morning and didnt get onto this one untill 6 tonight.

(Back to me now) So we caught the night ferry from Dubrovnik over to Bari in Italy. The ferry was much smaller than we were expecting but it wasn't too busy so we managed to get a booth seat each in the 'Lido bar' where we could both lie down and get some sleep. The rest of the bar was filled with other backpackers, mostly Aussies, with all their stuff sprawled over the seats. Considering that the lights stayed on all night, we didn't fare too badly. Especially once we realized we could go back to the car and get our sleeping bags (with the air con on it was freezing). There was a poor little kid there too whose parents also didn't get a cabin which we thought was a bit harsh on the wee guy. He spent most of the night throwing a complete tanty (lucky we had ear plugs) since I guess he didn't understand why he couldn't go to bed.

We arrived in Bari and once we had done a fat lap around the port and found the ferry terminal for Greece we had to wait for an hour for the ticket booth to open. We decided not to splash out on a cabin and we got Airline type seats instead. I think this was a good option since there doesn't seem to be any good couches where we could nap on if we just had deck ticekts. This ferry is really really flash, with a fine dining restaurant, waiters with little jackets on and even a pool! Oh and interet too which is how we're blogging this to you right now :)

We're going to be pretty naffed once we get to Greece so we've decided not to hit Athens right away. We're going to head to Napfoli and stay there for a couple of nights to chillax (thanks for the awesome word Helen) and get our bearings again.

Not much to report on what we actually did in Bari today. We just mosied through the historic centre and got lost in the maze of streets filled with locals (definitely phrase book territory). Sat in the park for a bit under a tree and had icecreams and watched all the old retired men play cards. After that it was too hot so we just came back and sat in the air conditioned ferry terminal until it was time to get on.

Its been great to see lots of you reading the blog and thankyou for all your comments (especially Meredith B). Keep on reading :)

Lots of love,
Gem and Jez