Patiently waiting in Piraeus
There is a ferry strike in Greece when we tried to go out to the islands… We arrived at Pireas (city next to Athens) expecting to get onto a ferry to go out to Mykonos but instead we had to get a motel. The guys at the ferry office directed us just up the street from the docks to a motel. We got keys and checked out the rooms…It was 40 Euros per night. Yikes. It was a very grim motel that smelled of urine and just about had puffs of dirt when you walked. We had to be close as David went to the docks at 6 am and again at 7am.
I decided to take the room with a water bed because it was in the front second story and it seemed like the “best” room I saw there. When I told the man my choice he said he had been saving the room for a regular customer.
So, you ask….. Why the heck did you settle for this motel? It was right on the docks and really perfect for what we needed... David had to go out sooo early to check to see if the ferry strike was still in effect…so we really wanted to make it so he didn’t have too long of a hike. When Robert and Tara knocked on our door the next morning they had their luggage packed and with them… It was funny as we too, were ready and packed to go .… none of us took showers because it was too gross…. Yep.. We were ready to move on.
The same nice guy from the night before was at the front desk , he was very sweet and tried to talk us into spending another night. He even dropped the price….Oh boy.... We were very kind and thankful for his hospitality but we declined another night ….
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