Feb 3, 2017 – Big Island

What better place to be for the Chinese New Year, Year of the Rooster?  Chickens run wild in Hawaii much to Joyce’s concern.  Chickens are not as bad on the Big Island as it is in Kauai.  However, it is bad enough to send Joyce scurrying to the car at the sight of a chicken.  (Debbie can also do a fine chicken sound which can also send Joyce running for the car).

After the snorkeling adventure, the group decided to visit a shopping center that had Chinese New Year’s entertainment and (wait for it) free food.  Les Cheap girls rejoice!  All the restaurants were giving out free samples.  It is unclear what is happening to Debbie.  On vacation, she becomes an adventurous eater.  She stood in line twice for crispy pork belly and tried almost all the samples. This is the woman who won’t eat food based on the way it looks.  (Green colored tortillas – really, it is not natural).  She did draw the line at some artichoke and kale dish. Raw tomatoes and green health drinks are still out.
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Joyce and Debbie stood for 30 minutes learning about the Chinese lion dance.  Cultural Moment:  the lion dance has been part of the Chinese culture for thousands of years and is performed on auspicious occasions such as weddings, store openings, and various festivals and celebrations. The lion, a symbol of power, wisdom, and good fortune, chases away evil spirits and brings happiness, longevity, and good luck.  Two people perform the Lion dance.   Joyce and Debbie also discovered at these auspicious events that one feeds the lion with dollar bills.    The more money that you feed the lion, the higher his head jumps up.  Debbie did hear Joyce mumbling about feeding the lion and chickens disappearing.  There does seem to be less chickens following the group.

02-01-2017 Denver Airport

Yes, Debbie and Larry are back traveling and blogging again.  This time a trip to Hawaii, the Big Island!  They will be joining Jerry and Joyce for tropical fun.  Debbie wants to set expectations that they will be few if any swimsuit shots especially if she is the photographer.   If Larry does not behave appropriately on the trip, there will be shots of him probably not from the best angle.   There will be plenty of comments on island life and their adventures.

Debbie and Larry are currently sitting in the Denver airport.  Larry is getting strange looks because he has on his shorts in 28-degree weather.  Debbie is the only one that will sit with him and is getting sympathetic looks from other passengers.  Larry is eating warm chicken noodle soup while Debbie is eating chocolate chip cookies.   Who has their priorities right?

Debbie and Larry did run into an interesting experience at the Houston airport.  One of those carts drove up next to them and asked if they needed a ride?  They declined but discussed whether they looked that old or that lost.  The decision was “No, that could not be the old choice.  It must be that they look lost  (Debbie says that it is Larry that looks lost as he is trying to fact check her instructions and he needs to just do everything that she says).”

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When the two proceeded to the gate for boarding, another car u-turned to offer them another ride.  Larry graciously said “No, we are fine!”.  Debbie stomped down the hall and tried to fast walk past the cart.     Larry and Debbie came to the conclusion that these were Super Bowl carts looking for any available passengers.  Houston rolling out the red carpet.

Debbie and Larry are happy to report that no one in Denver has offered them a ride yet (Debbie thinks the shorts may be a factor).  San Francisco next stop on the cart test.

PS.  Questions will not be entertained about why Debbie and Larry are in Denver on the way to Hawaii.

This is our last vacation blog.  Thank you for sharing this journey with us. We hope that you have enjoyed the blog.

Debbie still writes a blog but not with the same frequency and about different topics.  After this blog, we will delete your email from the automatic notification unless you send an email or comment that you would like to stay on the list.

Read on for the last blog:

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Debbie and Larry spent a restless night in anticipation of the early shuttle. They received a 3 AM wake up call for the 4 AM shuttle (Debbie does not think that one should have to leave a vacation at any time that starts before 8 AM. )  They were surprised to find that the shuttle had 20 other people going to the airport at 4 AM.  Everyone pretty much everyone sat in a stupor on the bus.

The Athens airport was busy but not that large.  We flew to Zurich for the first leg.  Le Cheap Girl Debbie went into sticker shock in Zurich.  We had a layover in Zurich with time to each lunch.  Larry opted for Burger King.  He purchased a 12 Euro Whopper.  Larry did point out that he could have gotten the Whopper Meal for 16 Euro.  Debbie has decided that she will not be going back to Switzerland even though the view from the plane was great.

The Zurich plane was only half full.  Debbie jumped up and moved as soon as the door closed.  It was a nice flight with no one sitting beside us.  Debbie and Larry had their fill of movies.

By the time that they got to Washington DC, they had been traveling 23 hours and were a little goofy.  Debbie and Larry were able to blast through passport control due to Global Entry.  They picked up their luggage and inquired about changing flights to catch the 5 PM instead of 10:30 PM flight.  It was going to cost an additional $300, required going out to the ticket counter and back through security.  They opted not to change flights.  They proceeded to customs to be tagged by the drug dog.  Debbie had a banana in her backpack.  (Debbie actually thinks that Larry had the issue with the dog but she confessed to the banana). This required going in a special room, explaining what you did, and having your luggage scanned.  (Bananas seemed to be number one violator).  Once we got to security, Larry was pulled aside for water in his backpack.  Goofy describes them well.

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We finally boarded and had our worst travel experience of the whole trip. The plane creaked, bounced you around and was uncomfortable.  Snoring was rampant in the plane for those that could go to sleep.  Larry’s description of Debbie on the plane was someone fidgeting for 3 hours.

Once we landed, everyone rushed off the plane to find the bathrooms closed until you got to baggage claim.  There was a lot of fast walking from the passengers.   Luckily, our bags arrived quickly and we arrived at the house 40 hours after we started.

So in conclusion, we had a wonderful vacation.  We visited 4 countries (counting the US), walked 350 miles plus, visited countless churches, had unforgettable experiences and  a wonderful time.

Thanks to Joyce for arranging so many details.  Thanks to our traveling companions, Jerry, Joyce, Don and Greg for the great time.  Thanks to our readers for going on vacation with us.

Athens, Greece

As most of you know, Debbie and Larry have returned from their vacation.  We feel obligated to get them home so will publish a couple more posts.

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We awoke to our last full day of vacation with Larry complaining of a sore throat.   Of course, on a last day one must say farewell to their friends.  So, Larry, Debbie and Joyce made a farewell visit to the pharmacy.  It was apparent Debbie had bonded with the pharmacists.  She acted as an interpreter while the pharmacists supported Debbie in her scolding of Larry and his lack of drinking water.  Sales will be good for the month of October for the pharmacy due to the American tourists.  We didn’t hug when we left (Debbie could tell that they wanted to hug her but were afraid of getting sick).

We decided to go shopping on our last day and used the metro instead of walking.   Athens takes the Metro more seriously than most of the places that we visited.  If you are caught without a ticket or have not validated your ticket, the fine is 60 times the value of the ticket. (this is not a typo)  So, our fine would be 9 X 60 for 540 Euro.  We did feel fairly confident that we had a ticket, it was validated and no one ever checked.  Athens also had lots of people that approach you for money or to sell you something.  Debbie just blows past saying no while Larry sometimes tries to reason with them.  (Your selfie stick will not fit my camera and my wife would break it if I brought one home).

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On we continued for the shopping spree.  Debbie and Joyce sent Larry and Jerry to a restaurant for coffee to wait.  While shopping, the skies opened up and poured rain.  The streets flooded and trapped Joyce and Debbie in a store.  We can not imagine being at the Acropolis in this storm.  The water was about a foot deep in the streets and running fast.  Eventually, Joyce and Debbie made it to the restaurant for lunch.  It was amazing that by the time, lunch was over that the streets had cleared.  They headed back to the flat in time for Debbie and Larry to leave for their hotel.

After much agony, Debbie had decided to take a taxi to their hotel for the night.  Debbie and Larry’s flight left at 6:30 AM which meant that they needed to be at the airport around 4:15.  If they left from the flat, it would be 2:30 in the morning.  Debbie could not envision them walking to the bus at 2:30 dragging a suitcase.  (Someone might ask them for money and not in a nice way)  Thus, the hotel.  Debbie downloaded a taxi app, told Larry to get ready and hit schedule.  “There will be a taxi at your door in 1 minute”.  One minute!   Really does a taxi come in 1 minute?”  Why, yes it does.

They hurriedly said goodbye, threw their bags in the taxi and were off to the hotel.  They were both pretty excited by a shower with a shower curtain and some of the amenities.

It’s taken a long time to revisit our harrowing return to Richmond. The seasoned travelers among you will think this is normal these days I’m sure.

Off to the airport at 4 AM excited about finally returning home.  We had an uneventful cab ride to the airport with little traffic and on entering and finding we were in the right terminal asked someone where Air France was.  They pointed at the longest line in the airport but we were undaunted with plenty of time to spare.

Athens to Paris was relatively uneventful and I couldn’t wait to get to Paris airport for some intense last minute shopping!  Ever hopeful we boarded the plane, got our goods stowed and buckled up for the two hour jaunt to Paris. Only 2 hours so we threw everything into the overhead compartment.  When the pilot came over the loudspeaker and gave us our arrival time we realized that what we thought was a 2 hour flight was really 3 hour flight.  In another minute we realized that we were going to gain an hour going west and with the time change it was really a 4 hour flight!

We settled into our uncomfortable seats for the first leg of the trip, already fidgeting over the thought of four hours in them.  The flight was long but uneventful and we finally found ourselves in Charles de Gaulle Airport and ready for shopping, shopping, shopping!!!  We had our gate and terminal number and found ourselves with the same problem we had the last time we were here: Where’s our terminal???  After padding back and forth and after a few flights of stairs we found the most wonderful machine – or so it appeared.  You simply showed it your boarding pass and it pops up a map showing you how to get to your gate! Terrific! (?)  Well no; believe it or not it said, “You can’t get there from here!”  We finally found someone who knew, #1 where they were, and #2 how we had to travel to get to our gate.  So we were told to walk outside and turn right (no sign for Terminal 3 of course) and to walk to the next building.  This involved traveling several yards to a busy street, crossing it and lo and behold, it actually said Terminal 3 in big letters!  Overjoyed we entered to find a huge terminal packed with high end restaurants and shops and our gate was even close by for a change.  With the mayhem finally over we settled in with two 14€ Heinekens and an overpriced, if delicious lunch.

That done it was time to shop. A big electronics store was the most captivating and I discovered a wonderful new travel adaptor and after a short struggle managed to get it ordered more cheaply from Amazon.  We waited our time by recharging our computers and phones in some really comfortable chairs until our flight. Our gate changed at the last minute, but at least it was in the same terminal.

We joined a raucous school group who proved to be well behaved once in the air…until they spotted New York City.

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Even with my Global Entry getting me a little ahead of Don, I knew we were in for a rough ride at JFK.  Getting the bags was the easy part. A short 20–25 minute wait and we had them, but we’d lost an hour with an Air France delay.

We found the way to re-check the bags. Another horrendous line. Computer slow and the baggage belt is broken, lots of yelling and screaming so we handed over our passports for new boarding passes and were told to “Just leave your bags in the order you came to the counter. We could see that 2 or 3 more people’s luggage and they’d be out in the hall!  So we kissed our luggage goodbye as I had my umbrella in Athens and headed to security.  The lines were horrendous and since Don had his Global Entry stolen it was even longer.  They began calling out for anyone with less than 2 hours before their flight, which we were.  Not to worry, we were told, we’d all be met by a special Delta representative after we passed security who would expedite everyone.  Great idea but after another 30 minutes wasted at security no one was to be found to help.  We finally found someone who could tell us where our gate was, or should I say where the BUS to our gate was.  The driver seemed to be totally lost which didn’t surprise us at all as none of the buildings had any identification on them.  He doubled back around and we’re giving him the benefit of the doubt that he did so to get us closer to the building; yeah, right!

Finally on the plane we had a nice a flight to Richmond, poor Don so exhausted that he slept the entire way.  I would have kissed the ground on landing in Richmond but was afraid that once down, I’d just go to sleep on the tarmac.

To say we were glad to get home is an understatement but we’re ready to begin a new adventure.

Many thanks to Joyce, you too Don, for planning such a wonderful vacation!

We decided to island hop with a day trip to Aegina.  The island of Aegina  is one of the Saronic Islands  (17 mi) from Athens. Tradition derives the name from Aegina the mother of the hero Aeacus, who was born on the island and became its king. During ancient times Aegina was a rival of Athens, the great sea power of the era. (We find this last statement difficult to believe).  It is about an hour from Athens by ferry.

We made our way to the dock to purchase our tickets.  The most difficult part was deciding which ship was ours.  We truly understand the phrase “It is Greek to me”.  The Cyrillic languages has no relationship to English.  We had the Greek spelling which required you to look at each symbol to figure out if it matched.  We took the easy way out and followed the line of people and were lucky that we did not end up in Turkey.  We boarded the ferry although Debbie was somewhat leery after her last ferry incident where the other 3 left her locked out on the deck alone in a storm.  Our trip was uneventful with lots of pictures.

Once we arrived, everyone stood on the ship taking pictures until Joyce noticed that people were pouring off the ship.  She shouted “We have to get off the ship as they are only docking for 10 minutes – Hurry”.  The group hustled around and dashed to the exit with our stuff.  The group was unceremoniously dumped on the dock.  (The whole 10 minute thing was just a rumor.  The ship stayed another 30 minutes).

We discovered the island’s claims to fame were

1. A temple
2. A monastery
3. Pistachios

As you know by now, when in doubt the group looks for a church to visit.  Ekklisia Isodia Theotokou is a small church which sits at the end of the harbor street.  They then inspected all the restaurants by the docks until settling on one with two cats.  (Joyce’s children:  We caught both your Mom and Dad feeding the cats.  You have the potential for cat problems when they get older).

After we dragged Joyce away from the cats, she was able to negotiate a taxi deal.  Joyce convinced the taxi driver to take the 4 of us to the monastery and ruins, wait for us 30 minutes at each stop and then return, all for 30 euros.

First stop on the tour was the monastery of Agios Nektarios.  Church Moment: Built for the most recent Greek Orthodox saint – Agios Nektarios – miracle- working saint, who died in 1920. It is an impressive complex.  Our driver let us out and went for coffee for 30 minutes.  Since we had 30 minutes, we have plenty of pictures from almost every view.  When he returned the driver stepped out of the car and shouted “I am here”.  It was effective as we all scurried back from all around the church.
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Next stop was the ancient ruins of the Temple of Aphaia.  History Moment: The temple was located within a sanctuary complex dedicated to the goddess Aphaia. Formerly known as the Temple of Jupiter Panhellenius, the great Doric temple is now recognized as dedicated to the mother-goddess Aphaia.  Few people and a great spot for pictures.

After our self tour, we went shopping at the pistachio store.  Pistachios are raised on the island and the store gave out samples (good marketing strategy that worked).  Debbie and Larry would have bought more but realized that it would have to be carried back in luggage.

At the end of the day, we stood in the rain waiting for our ship.  On the way back, no one was particularly interested in pictures so set inside.  Once again everyone but Debbie fell asleep (you know that you dis and Debbie has pictures as proof).

We did think that some of the families should have given their children more guidance.  One family had a little girl (let’s call her Gina about 6 years old) that sidled up to Larry, sat down and started speaking Greek to him.  Larry nodded his head and smiled until she eventually left.    As we were docking, she walked up to Debbie’s table, smiled and her little hand slowly inched towards Debbie’s sack containing her unopened bag of pistachios.  Gina’s hand opened the sack and slowly started dragging the bag of pistachios out.  Debbie did not smile and nod her head.  She grabbed the pistachios and held to her chest saying “No, no, no, no, no, no.  (Debbie is not a pushover.  She worked hard for those nuts, carrying them through the rain – you just don’t get to smile and take them from her).

Larry thinks that this is the closest that we got to a pickpocket.