Day 13 - Patras and Aigio

Day 13 - 22 September 2016

Patras & Aigio.

I woke up at 06:30 this morning in order to have breakfast and then catch the 08:00 bus to Aigio, a smallish town about 40km outside Patras. The hotel serves breakfast, but it costs €8.00 per person. Skip that and sort out your own breakfast Keith! Anyway I reset for 08:00 because there was no rush. There's a bus every hour on the hour. I got to the bus station at 08:40 which gave me time for a cheese pie and latte for breakfast (€4.00 sit down). I bought my ticket and off we went. It was a very pleasant drive all along the coast. We got to Aigio about 70 minutes later. The bus back to Patras also leaves every hour on the hour. I walked around the town and down to the sea. Went to the museum. Very small considering the long history of the region. Only one photo allowed.

There was a beautiful old church that was held together with scaffolding. There most probably isn't money to restore it. After that, I walked back to the station and bought some fruit for lunch along the way.

It cost €0.65 and I was really shocked. I really thought it would cost more. The grapes were so sweet and the peach was just, well, peachy 😂. When we got to Patras, I was dropped off at the archaeological museum. It's a huge modern building with some really stunning mosaics displayed vertically instead of on the floor. This way you could really take a really good look at them. The main displays were basically divided into private life, public life, warfare, religion and death. All very interesting and informative with numerous TV's showing short clips detailing the history of the area. Once done, I walked back to the hotel. That was a good half hour of me feeling lost. All I knew was that I had to go down towards the sea and then left. I just walked until I got to my hotel. By this stage I felt crappy. Too much sun and eye strain from the museum. Before I could do anything, I had to sort out my washing which had not arrived as promised. The young lady at the front desk phoned the laundry man and he had it there within 10 minutes. The luxury of clean ironed clothes. It was now 18:00 and I decided to lie down for a while.

Sunset over the Gulf of Corinth

At 20:00 I went for dinner. To make it easy, I went to the same place as the night before. The waiter greeted me like an old friend. The Greek people really are so friendly and go out of their way to make you feel at home. I had grilled chicken with tzatziki, onion, tomato and pita.

I'm so full I could burst. Off the bed!

Aigio

I also updated Patras and Food.