This photo was taken on our way to Patras and looks out across the Sea of Corinth to Greece on the other side. Seeing the freezing level so vividly reminded us of both the North Shore mountains in Vancouver and the Sooke Hills on Vancouver Island.
We arrived in Patras in good time and boarded our ship, the Ionian Queen. The Minoan Line boat that Allister is looking at is a competitor but gives an idea of the size of ship on these routes. As with our trip to Greece, this boat was a car ferry and we had booked an inside stateroom so we could sleep on our overnight trip.
Here is another view from our ship. Allister is looking in the direction our ship would take after departure on our way to Italy.
There are also mountains to the south of Patras and you can sure tell its December from the snow at higher elevations!
This was interesting. A crowd of young men had gathered on the other side of our ship as we waited to depart. You see them in the photo below just to the right of the middle of the photo.
We asked crew members who they were and why there was military and other law enforcement so visible in the port area and were told they were immigrants trying to stowaway on a boat bound for Italy.
