11/12/19- 11/15/19 Parga Greece

Last time we talked we were leaving the Meteoras and driving across Greece to Parga, a small village on the western Greek coast. Bad weather was in the forecast and man did we get hit. A light rain was falling as we left Meteora, and as we climbed the mountains, fog and rain became heavy. About half way on the journey it started to pour, like Ore e gone rain, heavy😳

We found our Airbnb without issue (no street addresses in parts of Europe, especially here in rural Greece), and checked in during the downpour. Lovely place, three bedrooms, two baths, family room, indoor kitchen, outdoor kitchen and lovely outdoor seating overlooking the Ionian sea.

A little help on the location of Parga

It continued to pour rain all night and into the next day along with high winds, quite the storm. We decided to lay low in our wonderful Airbnb. We had stockpiled vino for emergencies 😎🍷✔️

Ok, the next day, our second here, we made the short drive to Parga. Roads were washed out, tree limbs everywhere, quite the mess😳

Parga is a resort town that basically shuts down for the winter. It was really shut down after the storm😳

Ok, today we drove to Preveza, the largest city in the area, school vacation day, lots of kids about

After a lovely picnic, we drove up to Igoumenitsa, this is where the ferry’s leave for Corfu and Italy. We were planning on visiting Corfu, but the whole process had too many moving parts for us in Greece. Things are a little disorganized here to say the least😜

We did manage to find one of the best bakery’s of our trip here👍

When we booked this leg of the adventure, we were hoping to sneak in a little beach time along with the visit to Corfu, neither happened, but we got lots of rest to push through the next legs!

On to Patra , located three hours south on the coast, forecast is low 70’s

Ciao Ciao

FYI olive trees grow wild here. They are everywhere! To harvest the olives, they simply put out a net and the olives fall down when ripe.

Also, we are celebrating our 39th wedding anniversary today! I think I’ll cook Cindy something special in that outdoor kitchen!

C