I swear it must be something to with the Athens airport - trying to keep me away for some reason! I was delayed going to Rhodes, and then my plane leaving on Sunday was cancelled due to bad weather!
Savvas dropped me off early so i could write some postcards, so i was at the gates at 7.45 for an 8.30pm flight. Unfortunately I was given no gate... At 8.30 we still had no gate, and 'more information' coming at 9pm... Then 'more information' at 9.30pm... Then a new departure time of 10.50pm!! Yay.
Then at 10.45pm, an announcement in Greek basically confirming bad news.
From the gate the whole mass of people who should have been on my plane queued in front of the Aegean ticket office, where two stressed out women worked frantically to clear the line. Everyone got put up in a hotel jn Rhodes city, and taxi's would be reimbursed. After collecting my bag, I waited in line for a taxi.
Might j mention now that not only was it blowing a gale, it was now raining metaphorical cats and dogs. Such fun!
I should have stayed in the hotel the airport offered, so I could have 1) had some dinner and 2) get a wake up call, so I could sleep easy. Instead I went back to Savvas so I could be in a familiar place. This was actually really nice and comforting at midnight. Unfortunately though I then didn't sleep, panicking I'd sleep through my alarm and miss my plane!
In the taxi back from the airport, I did meet some girl guide mentors from Athens. They were lovely, and we taxi'd back together at some ridiculous hour - 6am!
The plane ride went quickly but sometimes I felt like i was spinning, I was so tired. When we landed, a group of young kids all clapped and cheered, it was funny but I also felt like clapping; I'd finally arrived in Athens! Relief and excitement washed away the drowsy feeling, even if only temporarily.
Thankfully I had an awesome taxi driver - an Aussie lady - to keep me awake and drop me at Nikos' place in Vari, and the rest is history! No, in fact, the rest is now just a funny story of my luck with planes...
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