I slept pretty well considering I was curled up on airport chairs with armrests and without cushions. It was probably about 1:30 when I decided to try to get some sleep. I put my backpack on one seat. Then I pulled out my bag of t-shirts and put it over the armrest between me and my backpack to cushion that, curled my legs around the other armrest, used my sweatshirt as a pillow, and leaned against my backpack. I had my blanket, of course. I slept for about three hours, waking up now and then to turn over.
A little after four I got up and got my stuff ready. We checked our baggage a little after five, and caught a 6:30 plane to Athens. I took my blanket and used it as a neck pillow and slept most of the flight. However, I'm beginning to lose my enjoyment of flying: my ears popped so bad I couldn't hear much of anything the rest of the day.
One of the tour guides met us at the airport, and we took a charter bus, which we had for the week, to our hotel. We stayed at the Pan Hotel, which is two-star and not luxurious, but not bad at all. And it's in a great location--right off Syntagma Square.
I am rooming with Mandy and Anna for the week. We have one bedroom with two beds, the TV, and a balcony, and another room with a single bed. I volunteered for the private room since I'm coughing so much. I'm glad to have a little bit of privacy, though. It's been a long time since I've been alone in a room for more than five minutes.
Katy came up for a while and we talked about what we are going to do on our free day on Saturday, and then I decided to lay down for a short nap. Well, that turned into three hours. I got up and got a shower and a bunch of us headed out to find the Hard Rock, which was really close to our hotel. They had really fun shirts--they are red-orange with Hard Rock Cafe written in black in the shape of a guitar. I didn't get it, but if I don't spend too much money on other things this week I may go back for it.
I got a pig sandwich and onion rings, but I couldn't eat too much. The barbecue sauce tastes different here, anyhow. Hard Rock is always a good time, but I kinda wish we had waited until later in the week. I couldn't even hear the music my ears were popped so bad.
Oh, and I had McDonald's for lunch. They have onion rings here,weird. Not bad, a lot like Burger Kings'. Next door, some of the other ate at a little pita place called Pita Pan. :)
A little after four I got up and got my stuff ready. We checked our baggage a little after five, and caught a 6:30 plane to Athens. I took my blanket and used it as a neck pillow and slept most of the flight. However, I'm beginning to lose my enjoyment of flying: my ears popped so bad I couldn't hear much of anything the rest of the day.
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| The view from the balcony of our hotel room |
I am rooming with Mandy and Anna for the week. We have one bedroom with two beds, the TV, and a balcony, and another room with a single bed. I volunteered for the private room since I'm coughing so much. I'm glad to have a little bit of privacy, though. It's been a long time since I've been alone in a room for more than five minutes.
Katy came up for a while and we talked about what we are going to do on our free day on Saturday, and then I decided to lay down for a short nap. Well, that turned into three hours. I got up and got a shower and a bunch of us headed out to find the Hard Rock, which was really close to our hotel. They had really fun shirts--they are red-orange with Hard Rock Cafe written in black in the shape of a guitar. I didn't get it, but if I don't spend too much money on other things this week I may go back for it.
I got a pig sandwich and onion rings, but I couldn't eat too much. The barbecue sauce tastes different here, anyhow. Hard Rock is always a good time, but I kinda wish we had waited until later in the week. I couldn't even hear the music my ears were popped so bad.
Oh, and I had McDonald's for lunch. They have onion rings here,weird. Not bad, a lot like Burger Kings'. Next door, some of the other ate at a little pita place called Pita Pan. :)
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