End of the Second Balkan Trip
Place: Athens, Greece
Due to the unpleasant experience and loss of property on the train D381 from Krakow to Sighisoara, I no longer feel safe to take an overnight train in Eastern Europe. From Sofia to Athens by train, it is a very long train ride, maybe more than 12 hours. Also, I would have to change train in Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city in the North. To save time, I would need to take an overnight train from Sofia to Thessaloniki, but I didn't want to take overnight train...
So I bought an one-way ticket on Aegean Air from Sofia to Athens. With a cost more than 100 Euro, it may be more than the total amounts I spent in my 2 and 1/2 days in Bulgaria (:( But at least that afforded me more time to see Bulgaria and also have better sense of security by flying.
Compared to Greece's notorious national airline, Olimpics (which I heard the service is very unfriendly), Aegean seems a "boutique airline" like AirBerlin. The seat is comfortable and they even offered two (small) sandwiches on an one and an half hours' flight!
I did not go into the city of Athens after my arrival. I have seen enough of Athens by now. Since there are still many Greek islands I would like to explore in the future, I know I will still have opportunities to come back I guess.
After more than 4 hours' wait and wandering around in the Airport, I finally boarded the Thai flight to Bangkok.
Saying farewell to the Continent I like to travel to most, I know I will be back. Maybe to another different (set of) country(ies). Very soon, I think.
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