Getting To Greece—Another Adventure (OR Hurry Up and Wait)

Part 1 Saturday--First we had to take a shuttle from our apartment to the train station (expensive, but worth it so we didn’t have to haul all our luggage on the bus). Then we had to wait a couple of hours to get on the train. Then we had to find spaces for all the suitcases on the train (Tricky since it was full and we also had several students in our carriage looking for luggage space. Also, 8 students had bought their train tickets for the wrong day). Then we had to ride in the train for 5 hours. Then we had to walk to our hotel and get checked in (everyone taking care of their own luggage, of course). Then we had to find ourselves some dinner (pizza by the metre—another post for another day). Then we had to go to bed.

Part 2 Sunday—First Gary & Carson had to get up early and walk to the (hopefully) free shuttle stop for info on the shuttle to the ferry. Then we had to wait. Then we had to walk (with our luggage) to the shuttle stop. Then we had to wait. Then we had to pick up our ferry tickets. Then we had to wait. Then we had to walk quite a ways to another ferry terminal (with our luggage). Then we had to wait. Then we had to walk to the ferry dock (with our luggage). Then we had to wait. Then we boarded the ferry only to find out we didn’t have the seats we thought we had. Then we had to wait and wait. Then the ferry left! But we still had to ride it overnight for 11 hours—or so we thought.

We all settled in to wait—the students on deck with lawn chairs and the directors in their tiny cabins (but they did have beds). At 2:30am, a few hours after going to sleep, the phone in our cabin rings with someone telling us that we will be arriving in 30 minutes. What?! We aren’t supposed to arrive until 6:00 am! So we gather up our luggage and all the students and go into the terminal. . .to wait.