Bari - and then there were 2

Dave has left for Milan to catch his flight home. Simon and I have spent a night in Bari in order to catch the 'superfast ferry' to Patras in Greece. Hopefully it will live upto its name as I don't think our tolerant souls can take much more crap!

I better explain.

We arrived in Bari after our 6 hour train journey from Rome. No buffet car or trolley service and a cramped cabin with a not too convincing, transvestite sitting opposite us. That gave us course to smile at least. Anyway got here and made our way to the 'Bari Murat' b&b, which was only 2 minutes away. Great, get in there and get some grub and relax, (id only had 1 hour kip the night before as my dorm was crawling and I mean literally crawling, with pissed up aussie's who didn't think twice about having sex in the next bunk). Umm where was I? Ahh yes sorry, been one of those days. Yes relax and shower. Well no, didn't happen. No one in, no anwer at the door and no answer on the phone. Great now what? 3.30pm and we did not wanna be hanging around. Simon had already decided that it was a vampire town as there wasn't a soul to be seen and most shops were closed. To cut a long story short, we found a hotel, paid 120 euros and went for a burger. "Bloody rip off country". Its all I can say at the moment. Don't mind me just venting some frustration at the unwelcoming, unhelpful, rude, swindling, maniac drivers of Italy. We have both had each other to moan at about the constant stares of confusion and sniggers we've been getting from the locals.

Day 2 and we found ourselves walking probably every street in Bari as we checked out about 10am and couldn't check onto the ferry till 8pm. Nice, bright sunny day but terribly windy. It did get rather cold towards the end of the day and I had to keep looking down to check my toes were still attached to my feet! The day wasn't a total waste of time, we did have a lovely latte in a small coffee shop that only cost us 2 euro's and was at least 4 inch's tall. I'm not nit picking, just sick of drinking coffee the size of a thimble! Otherwise it was Mcdonalds again, however that could have been better, as they kept mistaking 'milk' for 'milkshake'. "Yes I'd like some milkshake with my tea please". Idiots!

Right that's enough bad mouthing the italians. Just gonna end by saying "Beautiful country, shame about the people".