2004.10.04 to Patras and Bari

Got into Athens early (before 07:00) and went back towards our hostel to see if that net cafe was open. It wasn't technically open but 2 guys were in there surfing the net and let us in. We left before noon to go back to Patras by train and actually arrived on time for a change! Recall: the train from Patras to Athens arrived 2 hours late; and all the Greek ferries have been late departing and/or arriving. Our Hellas Superfast ferry back to Bari was leaving at 18:00 and was delayed for nearly 2 hours. (But it really was "Superfast" compared to other ferries as it arrived in Bari only a few minutes late). We met a Vancouverite (?) and 2 New Zealanders who had finished a Contiki group tour and were going their separate ways. The 5 of us played some card games out on the deck (which wasn't completely enclosed and this was where we were supposed to sleep?!) - the usual card games of: A-hole, Cheat, Crazy 8s, and a similar, but tougher New Zealand version called "Last Card." The Contiki backpackers had sleeping bags so they chose to sleep on the benches on the cold, windy deck. We just slept on the carpeted stairwells like some other deck-class passengers...