Yesterday morning the only thing planned was to check out of the hotel. I used that time to do a bit of sightseeing around Naples, which wasn't the most impressive city I've seen - it did have some impessive, old buildings around the city centre, but at the end of the day it's just another big city - nothing quite like Amalfi or Taormina.

We caught the bus around midday and heading cross county to Bari, on the Italian east coast. We had a couple of hours to wait, which we used to get a late lunch / early dinner, before boarding the 'Superfast Ferry' for the overnight cruise to Patras.

We arrived at the port of Patras about midday today and caught (yet another) bus from the port to central Athens, which was right where the hostel was positioned. After checking into the hostel, a brief walk around the city, dinner at a restaurant recommended by the hostel, I finished the evening off with a few cold beers up the roof bar of the hostel - which looked across to the Acropolis, beautifully lit up at night. Then got the whole of tomorrow to see what we can of Athens.