Objective this morning is to pick up the new rental car, head to Delphi, and then continue back to Lefkada. A good start means we can drive all the way back in daylight!
Yeah that didn’t happen.
We ended up stopping back at Dope Coffee and taking our sweet time to enjoy coffee and pastries before jumping on the train and heading out to the airport. Simple enough process to get the new car (which is bright blue this time rather than a boring sensible white) and, while we were a little behind our timetable, we still felt confident we could get back in daylight.
We took the ring road around Athens to get on the other side before hopping off and onto normal roads to head towards Delphi, even though we didn’t think we’d have time now to stop and enjoy Delphi before they closed up shop. Stopped in Itea and grabbed souvlaki for a late lunch, a little coffee, but we couldn’t even make it to Patras before the sun set. It made for some treacherous driving in the tiny curvy roads leading in to Patras, especially once it started to rain.
The good news was we had leftovers in the fridge for a late dinner once we got back to the house. A great weekend and a nice intro to yet another European city I would love to spend a lot of time in.