I’m writing this in the morning since I won’t be able to send anything for the next day or two. My plan is to take trains from Naples to Bari, Italy this afternoon. Then at 8PM get on a ferry from Bari, Italy to Patras, Greece arriving at 12:30PM. Then another train from Patras to Athens, Greece, arriving in the city at about 5:30PM. This will be my first time on a long ferry like this.
Some bad news, I lost my iPod. It was in my pocket, but I think I dropped it on or around the seat of a train when I was taking things out of my pockets. So now I have no books or anything to listen to for these long rides. All I can count on now is my computer battery to hold out as long as possible.
Update: One thing about trains in southern Italy, they are always late. I thought I was going to have almost two hours to get on the ferry, but I had about one hour now. I could have taken the bus to the ferry terminal, but it wasn’t free, so I walked. Only a mile or so, but it looked like I was the only person crazy enough to walk through the docks and all the way there. I was able to get a “Deck” ticket with not too much time to spare.