Day 30!!!!!!!!!

Ferry from Patras to Ancona 10:57pm 7-20-10

Yesterday we woke up and had a mellow morning. Try went down near the ebach to write and I ate the last of the cornfalkes and went to join him. We sat and looked out at the beautiful water and I read some while Troy tried to catch up on his journal. Troy wanted to go to IDEA so we decided to get ready and take the bus into Patras. Jenny and Liam wanted to go s well and when we got there it wasn´t as cool as we had hoped. It was a cross between IKEA and Home Depot. We walkeda round the store for over an hour, then ehaded further down the road and found a huge produce store. We bought tons of fruits for tomorrow and vegatables for stir-fry dinner. Then we found a grocery store and bought a bunch of cheap snacks. We continued walking and Troy said it looked like a storm coming in from over the sea, then there was thunder and lightneing from the hills directly behind us. It got really windy and we worried because we left everything including electronics out at the campground. We found the nearest bus stop and waited and waited and waited. Finally the bus came and we headed back to camp where it was nice and sunny. We sorted out our groceries and headed down to the beach for a dip. We played frisbee in the water until Liam and Troy found clay at the bottom. They dug up a bunch of it and we put it all over our bodies and let it dry. We looked really stupid. Troy and Liam thought that we should take a bunch of clay and try to sell it, so they formed a bunch of clay balls and bagged them up (so silly!). Then we headed to the kitchen and began cutting veggies and cooking rice for our stir-fry. We got Tsatsiki for the last time in greece and some bread and had an amazing dinner of eggplant, carrot, cabbage, bell pepper, beans, chives, broccoli and corn with white rice. There was a man who was cooking in the kitchen also and he brought us some very strong homemade wine. After dinner we headed out early so we could check out in time to catch the 9am bus to Patras.

This morning we all slept in a bite later then we had meant to and started packing up. We made tons of ice tea because Jacky had given us tons of tea bags and we also had to pack up the clay (very heavy!). The lady at the front desk gave us a discount and some OUZO (Greek national alcohol) but we missed our bus. Luckily, the next bus came forty minutes later so we didn´t have to wait too long. We walked aroud Patras a little bit, then ehad to get our ferry tickets. We got a good deal on our tickets (50% off) and headed toward the dock where we snacked, blogged, and stole some sugar from a cafe for our iced-tea. We ran into Jacky again and got to take a picture with him and say goodbye before getting on the boat. We found a nice place to sit on these long fiberglass benches and a Greek/German family sat next to us. We ended up talking with them alot. I took a nap and Jenny, Troy and Liam went in the pool. A little later we headed to dinner. It was a la carte and Jenny and Liam paid 30 euro for theirs. Troy and I got a more simple dinner and paid only 16 euros. We came back to our spot and talked more with the family and Jenny and Liam went to find a cooler place to sleep but it was really windy outside so Troy and I stayed at the benches despite the heat and bright lights. Troy is already asleep and I´m getting tired too. Back to Italy tomorrow and we gain an hour so I get an extra hour of sleep:) I´m going to enjoy traveling in this direction much better.