We flew back to Athens on Friday morning and spent the rest of the day puttering around buying gifts for people and then walking up Philopappou hill. Regretfully, we did not take the camera, for when we arrived at the top, the views of the acropolis and the city of Athens in all directions were unparalleled by anything we had seen. There are some nice photos taken from this hill here: http://www.vgreece.com/index.php?category=1121
Friday night we had a delicious dinner (complete with begging cat) at a restaurant also recommended by our friends at the hotel (Antonis & Giota). Saturday morning we had a harrowing time getting to the airport as the taxi did not show up when scheduled, in spite of Hal making several phone calls. Then the taxi driver decided to take surface streets instead of the state highway and I was about to have a stroke. At the airport, they checked everything I carried multiple times, possibly because I had a temporary passport. But finally we got on a plane to Newark and headed back to the USA. The fun wasn't over, however, as once we had moved to our connecting gate, I realized that my travel journal with all my postcards was still on the plane. In spite of waiting an hour to talk to a Continental agent, the journal was not retrieved and I lost my detailed account of our trip along with the postcards I had purchased at each place we stopped. It was almost as upsetting as having my purse stolen. Then there were mechanical problems with our flight so we waited and waited. And wouldn't you know it, as soon as Hal took off to find a sandwich, they started boarding the flight. I was frantically trying to find him so we wouldn't miss the flight home. Obviously we made it and Anne retrieved us, good friend that she is. It's been really good reconstructing the trip through the blog--getting to relive it in a small way. I'm really glad we went, since it's been on my "to do" list for over 40 years :-) Next...we will be taking Hal's trip of a lifetime--New Zealand.
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