In addition to the classic theatres of Greecian and Roman origin, we should be able to see at least 25 or 30 historic theatres built between 1500 and about 1900 though the courtesy of PERSPECTIV - the Association of Historic Theatres in Europe. They have devolped several "theatre trails" in Europe and we will be following parts of three of them through several countries.
My daughter came home this weekend, looked over our itinerary and cautioned us about driving south from Dubrovnik, skirting Bosnia and Albania, since Renault doesn't insure the Wind through those countries. She visited in the area last summer and had several difficult encounters. She thinks the new Renault will attract the wrong kind of attention. She painted a picture of having one's passport taken, and spending months recovering it. I spent a few hours checking on the ferries from Dubrovnik to Bari, Italy, then driving down the coast to Brindisi from which we could sail to Igouemenista, Greece. Today, after finishing the home-handyman-variety lawn sprinkling system, I compared mileages; from Budapest to Dukbrovnic, and from Budapest to Bari via Venice, around the top of the Adriatic. It would be 237 additional driving miles up against a 203 euro ($289)ferry ride. It wouldn't be a question at all if we hadn't been in and out of Venice for a couple of weeks just two years ago.
The original plan of driving to Greece involved the Igouemenista-Brindisi ferry on the return, to get us across the Adriatic and come north through Italy. The change above means two crossings on the Brindisi ferry, a round trip for about the same cost as the single Drubrovic ferry crossing. It does appear that we will disembark in Greece at 3:00am and head for Meteora. Sunrise with the Monks, I guess.
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