Day 9

Our final morning in Vonitsa.

After saying goodbye to Taran and Lauren just before 8:30 (they were both catching the bus to Athens, then spending some more time in Greece) we left the house just before 9:30 to catch the bus to Lefkada.

On arrival in Lefkada, we managed to find the bus station (the bus from Vonitsa dropped us off at a random point some distance from the station!) and checked the time for the bus to Igoumentisa - 3:30pm, so we had quite some time to spend. Following Joan's recommendation, we caught another bus to Kathisma, a nice beach on the other side of Lefkada. We had a couple of hours relaxation, swimming in a much cleaner sea and reading (Elaine has almost finished the final Harry Potter book...) Then we caught the bus back to the main bus station just in time to catch the bus to Igoumentisa.

The journey to Igoumentisa was uneventful (a few last glimpses of the gulf as we went through Preveza) and we arrived there around 5:30pm. Our ferry wasn't until 11:30pm so again we had some time to kill - so we did a little taverna-hopping and had a nice last Greek dinner. Finally it was time to go to the ferry port - this was somewhat chaotic but eventually we found the right check-in desk and soon boarded the ferry and found our cabin - a little smaller than the outward journey, but still very comfortable. Again, we were asleep by the time the ferry left port!