{"id":19,"date":"2019-03-31T14:35:15","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T11:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fred-hart.gr\/greece2019\/?p=19"},"modified":"2019-03-31T14:42:21","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T11:42:21","slug":"47-days-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fred-hart.gr\/greece2019\/47-days-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"47 Days To Go…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In slightly more than a month, I set off on my 3 week holiday which will take me further than I’ve ever driven before. After work on May 17th I leave for Greece!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I won’t arrive in Greece though until a week later – Thursday 23rd May. I’ll spend a week driving down through Belgium, spending a few nights Germany (Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber and Sindelsdorf, both in Bavaria), breifly calling in to Innsbruck in Austria and then crossing in to Italy to stay in South Tyrol and finally Venice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ll then take the Minoan Lines ferry from Venice to \u0397\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03af\u03c4\u03c3\u03b1 (Igoumenitsa), the port in North Western Greece which lies on the mainland, opposite Corfu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Greece itself I will enjoy slightly under 2 weeks and will have plenty of time for driving to some of my favourite islands: \u0398\u03ac\u03c3\u03bf\u03c2 (Thassos), \u03a4\u03ae\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 (Tinos) and \u03a3\u03cd\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 (Syros) – 3 nights on each. In between those I’ll spend 1 night each in \u03a0\u03cc\u03c1\u03c4\u03bf \u03a1\u03ac\u03c6\u03c4\u03b7 (Porto Rafti), \u0391\u03b8\u03ae\u03bd\u03b1 (Athens) and \u039b\u03b5\u03c5\u03ba\u03ac\u03b4\u03b1 (Lefkada).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then I will return to Igoumenitsa to get the ferry back to Venice, and spend the next 4 days on the road driving back North, to Cirencester – travelling via Switzerland and Liechtenstein, spending a night in the Austrian city of Bregenz, then finally back in to Germany to spend a night in the Rheinland before I set the sat nav for Calais and come back home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My route to and from Venice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Driving everywhere isn’t the cheapest way to travel – Petrol will cost a considerable amount, as will hotel costs for 3 weeks away, but it will certainly be an enjoyable way to see the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My only slight worry is what a No Deal Brexit may do at the Channel ports (Dover-Calais), but I’ll tackle that if and when the need arrives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For now my main concern is making sure everything is set – paperwork all in order – hotels booked – Euros (and Swiss Francs) sorted – car in full working order – arrangements made at work for my responsibilities to be covered. 47 days is not really a lot of time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch this space for more updates as my departure date gets closer…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FH.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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