For Your Eyes Only - Evia or Bust

We had to get a  move on, from the early morning  CorFew ferry to Igoumenitsa we had a country to cross, a mountain range or two to traverse and another ferry to catch, to arrive at Evia before sunset and mosquito oblivion.

Driving around the rather tatty Igoumenitsa port  one stumbles on a brand new but bent signpost indicating a new motorway heading east   Εγνατία Οδός -  Egnatia Odos to Constantinople (sort of). I fantasise that this is really the Byzantinium Parkway.

We carve through the Pindus mountains with all possible dispatch and join the (OLD) Greek National Road 6 at some gorge or other.  All a bit of a rush and worthy no doubt of a more sedate exploration later. Read this later *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metsovo* says the teleprompter.

The motorway carries on east whilst we dip down south  to the Thessaly plain and Meteora and beyond

 A welcome sight and site - lunch:

"Anoixto" means open and this place always is apparently

Best to park in the shade

Peasant salad

Souvlaki and baked cheese with a smattering of yogurt and garlic sauce

Landing on the plain of Thessaly we soon spot Meteora, a film set built by Cubby Brocoli for the James Bond film "For your Eyes Only"

A lot of stuff here about wicker baskets lift systems and accommodating monks -----> HERE WE ARE

This is the best highway view...

..passing by at warp speed - see how the red pickup is subject to space-time contraction

The roads across the plain are hot, straight, free of traffic and boring. We don't quite know whether the ferry to Evia still exists at the port to which we are heading - Glifa.  We are visiting friends who will be leaving the next day from Evia.

Hard to stay awake 

After a spell on the National road we are guided to a winding track through olive groves

At the end of the road a ferry port is spotted.

A lovely local ferry arrives..

...A ticket to Apokampos later...

we are on the island of Evia

We are not too late for the leaving party.