So the hop-on hop off thing worked out pretty well. We hopped on in the beginning. We know where it was because we scouted it out yesterday. It turns out that there are two companies operating the exact same line with very similar double-decker red busses… confusing. We got our bus, cruised thought the VERY crowded Athens streets watching the scooters and motorcycles zip through traffic, splitting lanes and rushing to the front at every light. That should be allowed in CT!
We hopped off at the Museum and spent the next 3 hours going through the place… Lauren feels the need to take a picture of EVERY SINGLE EXHIBIT!!! I am go to send her with my father, I think they do museums at the same pace… note to self, make sure that any potential partners have the same museum speed!!! Otherwise that could be trouble.
We finished up the museum and decided we needed to stop at FastFerries so that I could actually figure out my second leg of the great European tour. Some would say that this should be figured out already, but heh! Anyway, I have to go to the train station to activate my pass to be able to book my ferry to Bari Italy and then I can book a discount tour of the Greek islands for Lauren and I… complicated. First I need to find the train station, then activate the pass, then go back to FastFerries and THEN I can book everything… simple :<
It is also time to attempt to piece together at least the first couple of stops on the tour. So far, I know that I am going to take a train (from the station that I don’t know where is) from Athens to Patras where I have to find the port and then get a ferry to Bari. Then I need to get a train from Bari to Rome and find a place to sleep… I think I need a spreadsheet… Excel is running as I type… There is going to be some serious layover time I am thinking… but hey its an adventure after all!!! And I have an android phone that WON’T navigate in Greece, what up with that!??!?!
can’t wait to hear all about it:) love to see you when you come back..!!
Great stuff, Rick! Very glad to see and read your continued travels. Your adventurous spirit and humor are a tonic to old shut-ins like me.