Our Greek road trip involved Hannah as our driver. Dai, an actual Navigational Officer. Yianna his Greek/ Australian wife and reader of all Greek road signs, and myself the google map reader. A car, full of people to get us to the right place at about the right time. Which we very much achieved despite many Kafenio stops, immense geographic beauty and a fair amount of mirth.

Things that we all lost in translation were the overviews of two of our overnight stops. One ‘ delightful and traditional’ townhouse had rooms decorated in the style of a high-class bordello of the ‘ Belle-Époque’ period. Concentrating on the harem end of the femininity scale.

The other intriguing townhouse surprised us with a very contemporary style, which in any language would best be described as ultra-modern swingers rooms. Along with all our other bookings, on the homemaker end of the scale, they were very lovely welcoming places to stay. As four weary travellers we could not really live up to the Town House interior design as fully as we could have.

Luckily one was booked by the English team and one by the Australian so the only thing to do was laugh.

Dai and I were at school together 55 years ago. We often reverted to our 11-17 year old selves.

When you see a pair of gold plated boots, a photo opportunity could not be ignored when we were in that juvenile mindset.

This was the start of our last Greek journey. Hannah had planned the route to take in one of the sinking bridges of the Corinth Canal. The rest of us had not listened to her.

We arrived at the sinking bridge.

Everyone apart from Hannah was in disbelief that such a thing could exist. Hoping for a passing boat there was much discussion.

But checking my trusty marine navigation app nothing was on the canal. We set off for a Kafenio, they cure all travel woes, actually all woes. We turned the car round on a dust bowl building site and headed off. But as we headed back to the bridge it had disappeared! Two unregistered boats were about to pass.

I took a video of it rising, sadly we had missed the sinking bridge sinking. The nattering at the end sets the scene. Disbelief all round. 4 mins long.

Info below on the submersible bridge.

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2013/09/submersible-bridges-at-corinth-canal.html?m=1