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GREECE trip report - March 2017

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Photo Album at Google Photos 3/7/17 Having dropped off MaJu at the dog-sitter the night before, Mom left Sarasota for the drive down to Miami to catch her flight. The drive down was nice, except for the confusion at the end trying to find the airport hotel where we arranged to park the car for the duration of the trip (and stay overnight upon her return). The flight left on time and was good – the assigned seat was a bit tight, but she was able to change to a different one. Got a bit of sleep on the trip over to Frankfurt and early arrival made it easy to make the connecting flight to Athens. Lufthansa provides lots of (mediocre) food on the flight, so there was no need to get a delicious bread or pastry in Frankfurt. 3/8/17 Mom and Judy met at the arrivals area at Athens airport, got cash and boarded the X96 bus for the port of Pireaus. The weather was nice so we walked around the port before settling on a place for coffee while we waited to board the f