Day 190: Patras to Sami

How close can you be to missing a ferry?

Our job for the day was to catch a ferry to Keffalonia, but we had loads of time as it didn’t leave until 1:30pm  so, we had a leisurely morning and finally set off for the port a little after midday. We rode down to the passenger terminal and met some cycle tourists from Italy and had a nice chat. Still plenty of time.

Two Italians who were touring the Peloppenese Peninsula

We couldn’t find any sign of a boat for Keffalonia though and a woman in the ticket office told us - “That boat leaves from the Old Port, 2km up the road. You won’t make it in time by bicycle.”

Aaaargh! We have 12 minutes to get there!

Well, there’s only one boat a day, so we’d better give it a try. 

We hammered up the coastal path - probably a little too fast for comfort. Apparently I wasn’t exactly at my calmest either. 

We saw a ferry still docked, quickly bought tickets and then rode over to the boat. The loading staff were signalling to us to be quick and the ramp was already starting to move as we rode up into the boat. The doors closed behind us and the ferry was off. 

We just made it to the ferry – the staff on the door were signalling to us to hurry up!

It doesn’t get much closer than that. It also shows I don’t appear to have quite lost my “Never to early to be late,” monicker. 

Anyway, we made it and had a pleasant trip to Sami on the Andreas Kalvos.