After a train ride an hour south to Brindisi, Italy, we hopped on a shuttle to the port. Check in this time around was a breeze! A golf cart shuttled us and our backpacks to the ferry. We went up the escalator and when we showed the worker our tickets, we were directed to the ferry's outside deck where we would spend the next 15 hours. There were no rooms left so this was going to have to work! Phil, our half Greek/half Canadian friend was along for the ride with us. He also had planned on taking the ferry a day earlier, but couldn't get on. We dropped our stuff by a bench and used our backpacks to create a perimeter for our sleeping spot on the pool deck. Liz claimed the wood of the pool deck "would have more give" than the concrete deck below. No comment. The pool was empty at the time, but of course with our luck, they filled it after we took off so a few drunk Italians could cannonball into it with their cargo jorts still on. The party scene was hopping with a full bar a 30 second walk away. We were drinking cold beer in the sun until the sunset. At that point, we pulled out the screw top boxed red wine that we bought for 1 euro each before we left Bari. Much needed in order to sleep outside in the tail wind of the ferry. We played cards, used the iPad as a juke box/karaoke machine, and laughed the night away. Phil taught us some very basic Greek to use for the next 4 days. At around 2am we attempted to nap, which went well despite how cold and windy it was. Eventually we claimed some couches under the awning in the bar area. And FINALLY at 8am we arrived to the gorgeous Greek Island of Kefalonia....we walked down the ferry to find our cab driver Dennis holding a sign that read "Ms Bieze Party". Perfect. We arrived to partyy.
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