Sitting in the Athens airport again (this time with a full laptop battery). Thought we'd get into our hostel around 11:00 last night and catch a little sleep before coming to the airport. Turns out since the ferry took 8:15 instead of the 7 we were told, AND the metro here stops at 12:00 we didn't actually get to our hostel until 1:00am and had to be up at 4:00 to catch the bus back to the airport.
Our hostel was about a block from the Acropolis and would have been a great location to spend a day at. As it turns out I only got to snap a quick picture of it on the way to the bus. I gladly would have tried to get another shot or 2 but we managed to wake up a homeless guy on a nearby bench who started rambling some stuff and shuffling around in front of his bench/bed. There was a chance he was a zombie/zmobie so we bolted. I want my brains left inside my head!
There was actually a lot of security for our 4:00am walk to the bus station. I saw at least 4 police officers, 1 private security looking guy and 2 military guys, then again I've also been warned about a fake police scam in Athens, but I think the police cars would be a bit elaborate for common scammers.
Apparently people who fly Alitalia have never heard of weight restrictions on their checked bags. At least 3 people in front of us checking in had full size suitcases loaded up with nothing but books. Looked like something from a conference maybe. They were loading stacks of them onto a trolley to ship as cargo back to Rome. Some of these ladies should have been tipped off when they couldn't lift their bag onto the scale alone!
Should be boarding our flight to Rome/Venice in a few minutes. We'll see how far I stay awake into this flight on the 3 hours of sleep I got.
-RF
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