Monty and I again woke early, needing to get out gear together and get to the airport to make sure that we completed our bizarrely roundabout journey to Greece. Being the accomplished early-risers / public transport navigators that we have become, this was a relatively easy task and we were soon sitting in the luxurious surrounds of Riga Airport, wondering how we had managed to accumulate so many Lats (the Latvian currency) and trying to spend as much of our remaining coins and notes as possible. So, after an unnecessarily large breakfast, we went and boarded the plane and after another uneventful flight, touched down in Athens (a large number of people on the plane actually cheered) and were immediately hit by the increase in temperature. After grabbing our bags and heading through the non-existant immigration and customs we went and found the train station, grabbed our tickets into downtown Athens and jumped on the train. This all sounds relatively straightforward, but given that we can literally not speak a word of Greek between us, it was no mean feat.
We eventually made it to our hostel where we dumped our bags and caught up with all of the people that we are going to be spending the next week with on the islands. All in all it was a very lazy afternoon and after a quick run to the supermarket where we stocked up on booze and snacks, and a pretty good authentic Greek dinner at the hostel, we were tucked up nice and early in preparation for our early ferry that was to follow in the morning.
Jez
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