DRIVING TO GREECE THE EASY WAY
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
When we last checked in, we had left Camp Ederle and the embrace of the 3rd Herd, better known as the 173rd Airborne Regiment, stationed in Vicenza, Italy and had to catch Easter south of Athens with friends. We drove out of Padua and down the coast for the town of Ancona, the primary port for goods coming in from Southwest Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean.
I had come through Ancona a short time before, frankly, Ancona is hard to avoid unless you love driving through Croatia and Serbia, which I actually do enjoy. Both countries are quite enjoyable, even when the fighting was going on. The best shots I will have of Ancona will be from the boat coming in. Please excuse the cheating, putting a photo in out of time context. Sorry
The boats, really car ferries, leave 3 times a day, a combination of cars and heavy trucks heading for Romania, Greece and even Turkey or beyond. Food on the boats, ok, we can call them ships, is fair, crew is a bit surly so I negotiated a deal on a stateroom, waiting the last moment to get the best price. I am a cheap bastard.
The trip is an overnight, stopping first at the Island of Corfu, dropping trucks off in Albania and then to Ignomista in Greece, just south of the Albanian border, well into the mountains.
From here, the drive is across the north of Greece and down to Delphi for some pictures of old stuff, temples and maybe catching the oracle for some gambling advice.
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Coming into port, Ignomista, Greece
A good introduction to Northern Greece would be a church I stopped at outside Ignomista.
Gordon Duff posted articles on VT from 2008 to 2022. He is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War. A disabled veteran, he worked on veterans and POW issues for decades.
Gordon is an accredited diplomat and is generally accepted as one of the top global intelligence specialists. He manages the world’s largest private intelligence organization and regularly consults with governments challenged by security issues.
Duff has traveled extensively, is published around the world, and is a regular guest on TV and radio in more than “several” countries. He is also a trained chef, wine enthusiast, avid motorcyclist, and gunsmith specializing in historical weapons and restoration. Business experience and interests are in energy and defense technology.
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