Oh joy! Strike canceled! We woke at 5 to get ready for our ferry ride and joyously found that the strike was now a thing of the past, we had hours to get ready…Oh wait a minute! The man for our luggage, coming especially thanks to our wonderful receptionist! What have we packed for the boat trip that cannot go on a plane? What have we packed for the plane trip which we might need on the plane? Cookies!!!
We raced to the airport with 2 hours to spare only to find ourselves with an 8 hour wait to board the flight to Athens. Turns out our flight had been at 8:45 and the strike was over at 9:00 AM! We could have stayed at the hotel until 12 o’clock checkout! We are definitely NOT happy campers.
It’s a tough call to say which might have been better, sea sickness and paying to get from the Athens Port then paying for a taxi to our hotel or whether the plane is better getting in approximately the same time but getting to the hotel with a $20 Euro pass good for our 3 days including all metro and trips to and from the airport. Either way, the 80 Euros spent on the ferry is a thing of the past as will be our stay in Santorini after 4 more short hours or so we thought!
Did I mention that the Santorini airport is pretty disgusting, especially outside where we’re compelled to wait in heaps of garbage, jet fuel and more diesel fumes thanks to the many lines of people waiting for flights? Then we have to constantly change our seats to avoid the smokers?
We finally went through the line to get checked in only to find that somehow we were booked to travel bagless! Only 70 more Euro and we were on our way yet again!
Nice to say that once in Athens, the Metro system is fairly easy to navigate. We did live in fear for the 40 minute ride into the city as we neglected to validate our 20 Euro pass. The fine is 100 times the price of your ticket or 2000 Euro! Escaping unscathed and validating our pass as we left, we were then ensconced a beautiful Athens hotel although the A/C was iffy and internet is only free for a day.
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That behind us, we’re now atop the building’s rooftop garden sucking down gin and tonics like we’ve just arrived from said third world country at 18 Euro per glass!
What will tomorrow bring we wonder as we gaze at the Acropolis?
P.S. Who throws mayonnaise bottles in a toilet?
