To take the stress out of this day, we had opted to camp quite close to Igoumenitsa already. So we had time to waste. First, we hang around Sofas beach camping until 1pm. Then, we had a really late and long lunch. Afterwards, we checked in at the port in Igoumenitsa which didn’t take long at all. What now? Shopping, cleaning the car and some ice cream later, we decided to stay on a campground for half a night and get up at 4am istead of hanging around the port parking lot trying to get some sleep in the car.
We took our time in the morning as we were so close tot he ferry port already. It gave the kids an opportunity to make some new friends to play football and Uno with
Number 3 was very happy about it
Our go-to food: Greek salad as a starter and lots of other yummy foods
The Agent was a fan of the mashed potatoes with garlic. It was just nice sitting so close to the ocean and hanging out
Grocery shopping for the ferry. We were determined to bring more of our own food and avoid the greasy and expensive fast food
As a last minute measure, Flo cleaned the Sahara sand off the car
Number 3 found the same train model as his own in the window of a toy shop! Ut was not for sale. I asked.
This was in a bakery in Igoumenitsa on thursday afternoon. The Greek orthodox Easter just started and would be happening on Friday till Monday. There were so many Easter-themed baked goods
Being about 3km from the port, we had time to have coffee and ice cream in a little cafe
Super shiny car
Having checked in already (including the cabin keys!) and being told to be at the port at 5am, we decided to stay at a campground for half a night instead of trying to sleep in our car.
Again, having a place to put your things (and yourselves) while waiting made things a lot easier. Plus, we got another walk along a beach.
Sending some pictures hom from our last evening in Greece
Our felt last day was used for Vikos Gorge in an area called Zagori. It’s a mountainous area full of tiny villages and a big canyon. The best place to see the gorge is from Beloi viewpoint which you can only reach after a short hike.
Afterwards we drove to a lovely cafe in Kapesovo.
On the way back, we stopped at Kokkorou, an old stone bridge to take more photos.
Tomorrow is our last day in Greece and we won’t even get a full night’s sleep as we will have to queue for the ferry at 4am. To make it easier on us, we opted for a campground close to Igoumenitsa and returned to our first Greek campground, Sofas beach, for our last night.
Breakfast with a view
The kids were angling with sticks. We had bets going…who would be the first to fall in
She finally practised her driving on a campground…after Number 3 did this with only 14 months. 🙂
Monument for the Brave Women of Pindos
I am always amazed how mountainous Greece is and also lush and green
The view south
To see the main attraction of the area, Vikos Gorge, you have to hike for 1km which should take 15 min according to the signpost. By now I know that Greek signposts are lying…giving my experience with the waterfall hike. Here, Number 3 found a bug
Some of the steps are just too high for the Agent. She fell back on my old technique “If in doubt, slide down on your bum”. Works every time.
Leading the way
The stratification of these rocks reminded me of the pancake rocks in NZ…a lot
We’ve been going for quite a while at this point and should be nearly there. Now crossing through some rocks
Tada….here we are: Vikos Gorge. Vikos Gorge ist listed as the “deepest relative to its width” by the Guiness world record book. There’s only a low wall and then a drop.
Time for sandwiches with an awesome view!
Rock formations
All of the glory in one picture
This tree didn’t make it on its perch
Flo also enjoyed all of our hikes
Still quite happy with the world
In the afternnon, clouds began to roll in. We were really lucky with our timing. The last couple of viewpoints of the mountains before leaving towards the coast
One of our EV promo shots…
The houses indicate where the village of Kapesovo is situated right next to a section of Vikos Gorge
The recommended place for a coffee turned out to be absolutely lovely!
The Agent didn’t bring her jacket to the cafe so she got papa to lend her his fleece jacket
We ordered three different cakes to share so we could try as many as possible
She looks cute, but was able to really mess up the guy who belonged here. Talking about the cat, obviously …
This is just a setup …
… for this context. The old bridge reconstructed.
Number 3 checking out the height, Puru Hiko in the back
Number 3 thoroughly enjoyed the loop over the old and new bridge
The view back to the newer bridge. The road leads across here
Always got to be on the lookout in the twisties in Greece – giving me NZ flashbacks
Number 3 taking 5 – much better than being car sick
“No Mama, I am not tired….I am just resting my head….”
Flo said to them “Last chance for a swim in these holidays, will be cold though”
She handled the cold pretty well but wanted papa to stay close
He didn’t enjoy the cold but, I mean, look at this stick figure…splashing was way better
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