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13th June -
Woke up too early again... Need to learn to remember to shut the heavy curtains before going to sleep.
Spent time in morning going through my bag again finding more things to get rid off... I am not really sure how I ended up with such a full bag.
Had a breakfast with some of the other topdeckers and said some more goodbyes.
Walked over too the postoffice and was lucky the two boxes were both less than 2 kg so was able to send them the cheaper letter surface rate.
Wandered handsomely back to the hotel enjoy the sun.
Said some very quick and sad goodbye to the last of the tour group. Will be strange not to be seeing them everyday and travel together after forming such a close group in a shirt period of time. Caught the airport shuttle at just after 12. Arrived at the airport the standard 3 hours before my flight left. Walked around for 20 mins try to find where the check in was as there was nothing on the board. Asked a few different people and got different answers... Then had a bit of freak out that maybe I had stuffed up and gone to the wrong airport. Finally found the information desk and she said right airport but checking doesn't start till 2 hours before the flight so won't be on the board yet. After been so excited about how small and light my bag was feeling I couldn't believe it when I got to the desk and it weighted 19.5kg....There is no way that is true. I think there scale were lying...
Got to the gate but there had been a gate change so had to walk to the other end of airport.
Had an aisle seat but the lady at the widow wanted to swap so I got fantastic views over Istanbul as we flew out. The views for the whole hour long flight were unreal over the ocean and the little islands dotted throughout. Arrived in Athens and managed to save myself from fighting with a taxis driver and worked out catching the metro into the city. Changed onto the red line metro and got off at my stop. Hauled my bag up the steps only to realize that the escalators were on the other side... Got out and decided to head left around the roundabout I faced to find my street. Wrong choice as I walked nearly a full circle before getting to the street.
Hotel is nice and they were able to put me in the same room I will be sharing over the first two nights of my topdeck tour. The two single beds are pushed close to each other and there is a window into the shower from the bed! And a glass door on the bathroom... Hope my new roomie doesn't have personal space issues.
Spent a quite night in the room after the last few days on tours am feeling tired and wanted to rest up before we start again :)
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