You may be wondering why the top photo is of a toll both, and the answer is that as a gift on our final day in Greece we were passed thru all of the toll booths on our route for free. For reasons we were never able to figure out, every time we pulled up to a toll booth today, the gate went up and the toll attendant waved and said free! The cars in front of us were being charged, but we were free. Even the Patras bridge over the Straight of Corinth which usually costs €21 was free today. All together we saved about €80 in tolls. We finally came to the conclusion that the Greeks just really wanted us to come back!
We left the campground as late as we could because we had a lot of time to cover the four hours to Igoumenitsa. The ferry we are taking to Italy leaves at midnight and boarding is not until 10:30.
We killed some time at a Lidl stocking up on some of our favorite Greek groceries. We then filled up with diesel as fuel is about 10 cents per liter cheaper here than Italy. We finally showed up at the ferry terminal about 5pm and got our ticket. The agent told us that we would board about 10:30, so we had plenty of time to walk around town and get a meal. We took her advice but the nice part of town was about 2km’s away, and the only restaurant near the ferry terminal was pretty nondescript, so our final meal in Greece was not our most memorable.
I will cover the ferry ride tomorrow, we are really looking forward to the boarding process after our experience with the ferries to Crete. Also, this time for “security” reasons Ton has to go thru the pedestrian boarding while I drive on board.