| Day two of our vacation in
Greece was a smooth transition from Athens to our sailboat. We
Checked out at 11:00, had a cab waiting for us, and by 11:30 we were at
the airport. Our flight was scheduled to leave at 12:25 so we had
plenty of time to spare. We turned left after entering the terminal instead of
right, so we checked in at the wrong counter, but the hostess was very
helpful, and did the checking in for us, and told us to simply take our
bags to the other side, which we did. The plane left a bit behind schedule
but we arrived close to our scheduled arrival time and a Sunsail
representative was waiting for us at the airport. I had called
before we left the states and inquired about the procedure for getting
from the airport to the harbor and was told that we needed to rent a cab
for the one hour trip. When we got off the plane, I told the Sunsail
rep that we were with them and she sent me towards a bus, which easily
transported us and many others to the harbor. We ate a wonderful
lunch in the harbor at their restaurant, hung out by the pool for a while,
and our boat was ready for us. We hung out on the boat for a while,
our Instructional skipper, Ian, showed up and introduced himself and spent a few
hours teaching us how to tie knots and discussing the various procedures of sailing and said he would see us in the morning.
Janet and I walked along the beach for ten
minutes and arrived at the town, where we had a wonderful dinner of
authentic Greek food looking out over the Mediterranean. the bill came and
the total was 35 dollars, which I found to be very reasonable based upon
the view, the quality of the food and the service.
We walked back to the harbor, took a quick
shower and called it a night. The shower was cold. A warm
shower is one of the few "necessities" in life to me and I can
remember every cold shower that I have ever taken in my life, from the
cold shower on the Youth Hostel in Stockholm to the cold shower I took at
home one day before I was to meet with potential new business partners
(one of the partners was Paul Allen, the co founder of Microsoft).
For some reason, our water heater had shut it self down during the
night and I didn't have time to restart the shower and wait for it
the water to heat up. (I had a plane to catch.) And now this
shower, one so cold that I hooted and hollered throughout the whole
shower.
Cold showers seem to be
indicators of bad things to come.
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