Friday, 2 August 2013

Ferry Nice!

We crossed today from the island of Santorini back to the mainland of Greece.  We changed our ferry tickets when we changed our plans and for 3 Euro more, we took a Hellenic Seas High Speed 6 - a large and well appointed boat, making the crossing in the same amount of time as what we now refer to as Hell Ride 2013 (aka Sea Jet).  The ride was easy by comparison!


We had a long ride from the port to our hotel because of the changed booking.  This brought with it a little drama of its own.  I knew exactly how much cash I had and figured it to be right for both cabs to and from the port/hotel/airport.  I neglected to account for the change in ports!  After getting lost, we made it to the right hotel, happy to see Marjorie and Nichola on the steps.  We are greeted warmly by the owner of the establishment, who promptly comes outside to welcome us.  This in itself is no longer unusual to us. 
... Then she begins to speak to the cabbie.  The conversation soon becomes a shouting match and we five are ushered into the hotel.  Turns out the cab driver was attempting to rip me off by 15 Euro and she was having no part of it!  I left the money with her and she sent us off to our rooms, where we waited until the taxi had departed before coming back down to the lobby. 

We walked to the main square of Nea Makri with a certain slow sorrow in our steps.  We admired the dresses and shoes with a noncommittal nod or shrug.  We ate dinner quietly, bemoaning the differences between "this" and Charlina, in Perivolos.  Ah, the great Charlina. 
We did manage to enjoy some great ice cream in fresh waffle cones before making our way back to the hotel to reshuffle bags and do a final check to make sure all of our finds were safe and secure.
“Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere.”
                                ~Isabelle Eberhardt, The Nomad: The Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt
Tomorrow, we leave. 
Me thinks tomorrow sucks.

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