Trapped in Athens
Place: Athens, Greece
I decided not taking Pink Palace's shuttle bus to go back to Athens. Partly because it is an overnight bus (I preferred to sleep in a comfy bed). Partly because I didn't want to be in a same bus again with a bunch of drunk party animals...
So I had to wake up very early today to take the earliest bus to go back to Athens. It was like, 12 hours' bus ride (including an one hour ferry ride back to mainland). The bus is not very comfortable. Even the air condition is not powerful enough to handle Greece's afternoon heat. I felt completely exhausted when I arrived at Athens bus terminal around 5:30 pm.
I took the local bus to airport immediately (great that now they offer direct bus between Athens long distance bus terminal and international airport and the bus map is relatively clear to decipher). But unfortunately, after arriving at the airport, easyJet told me the flight to Berlin was canceled. They changed to leave at tomorrow morning at 10:20 am.
At first, I was quite upset. I would need to change hotel reservation in Berlin. And I might miss part of Love Parade on Saturday. But later it dawned on me that this might be actually a blessing.
Unlike many US based airlines (as the very unpleasant experience I had with United Airline a few years back), easyJet did pay for our hotel stay and even dinner that night. And it was Sofitel! (one of the higher end hotel chain, owned by French)...Well, this turns to be the best hotel I would stay in this whole trip.
After 5 nights in a "low-budget" party hostel in Corfu, it was a welcomed change.
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