Santorini to Athens

I celebrated my last morning in Santorini by sleeping in, a welcome break after my intense day of travel and three consecutive 5 am wake up times. I showered, finished my packing, and scheduled a taxi pickup for 2:30. I had received a card from the driver who had driven me back from Imerovigli the night before, and his friend was available as promised.

After checking out and leaving my luggage at the front desk, I strolled Oia for one last item, picking up souvenirs and taking some final photos of the town. I like to use my camera like a casual snap shooter sometimes, working quickly and sampling all that there is to see. I find that I get some of my best composites this way.

I saw yet again more brides being photographed. The first few seem special, of course. The next batch become novel. After you've seen twenty-five brides in three days, the sight of them becomes tedious. And tacky.

I took cash from the ATM near the bus station, bought some small mementos, and enjoyed a tasty lunch at yet another seaside cafe - cappuccino, coffee ice cream, and apple pie. 

After arriving in Athens I took the X96 bus toward Piraeus to meet up with The Goddess. Reading the bus stop signs was virtually impossible. The stops are quick and the signs aren't apparent. And they're written in Greek. My stop was Dimotiko. I had been in Greece long enough to recognize that D's are routinely spelled with the triangular delta symbol. I knew that we were in Pireaus, because I could see large ships moored at the port. When I saw a bus stop sign that began with a delta, I grabbed my suitcase and hopped off. 

And there stood The Goddess, all smiles. She even knew what door of the bus I would use. (I guess I'm a back of the bus sort of guy.)

We checked into our hotel, enjoyed a light dinner - The Goddess looking radiantly goddess-y - and prepared for a very early ferry departure to Mykonos.

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