Day 29 - Cooling off
Started off the day in a new room. Turns out pumping freon into a broken airconditioner doesn't do much and an hour after the nice maintenance man visited it was stinking hot again. So new room and new A/C for me. Also on the upside, discovered yestereday the hotel had a rooftop pool, and it was here I returned when, I'm ashamed as an Australian to say, it got ... too hot ... at the beach! I know at home it would be fine, but 39C in the sun after 15C winter at home ... body no understand!
Day 30 - To be honest, spent much like day 29, except swap the beach for the pool again. Life's tough I know ...! One memorable moment though at dinner (at a table on the sand, about 1m from the lapping waves ...again, tough!) I left a tip for the waiter, a young guy, who then offered the phrase "oh, you're very sweetie" ... but with his accent and thin grasp of English I first heard it was "oh, you're very sweaty" which was also true!
Day 31 - Stuck in Greece (the bathroom at least...)
Back to Athens by ferry this morning, following the most terrifying car ride of my life. The guy from the hotel gave me a "transfer" in his bomb of a car at about 60 miles per hour, hurtling around corners, nearly cleaning up a lady with a kid on her bike, overtaking long lines of cars ... and apparently double, unbroken lines in greece mean "overtake without care"! Made it alive eventually to my first proper backpackers, in Athens, sharing with 5 other girls. On arrival I and others were made to wait for about an hour while the hostel underwent a "tax inspection"?!?! Then, once in my room, I managed to get locked in the bathroom!!! This is literally my worst nightmare come true. However, I managed to control the claustrophobia while the girls still in the room got the guy from reception to come up with a screw driver. When that didn't work, this 5 foot nothing Pommy guy was contemplating having to bust down the door (with me there in my undies and towel!!) when suddenly I managed to jiggle the lock just right and it popped open! In the heat, I needed another shower after that. Unfortunately, my run of bad luck continued a little longer ... as I reached the rooftop bar just as the keg ran out - halfway through pouring my 1 euro beer. 15 minutes later when they'd lugged another one up to the top floor I could finally sit down, enjoy the beer and the night time view of the Acropolis in the near distance, all lit up for the tourists...
Observations: Every Greek woman at the beach has a wedgie ... on purpose! something about tan coverage I think. More disturbingly, even the little kids have tan lines ... :S Also, the Greeks smoke EVERYWHERE.
Mini victory: Managing to open a bottle of Amstel on a door handle after buying a pop-top beer at the supermarket but failing to own a bottle opener!
Mistakes: Not pre-tanning before Greece - I feel like an albino amongst Gorillas!
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