What a difference

Saturday Oct 15, 2011

What a difference a day makes. Yesterday we awoke to a beautiful sunrise and this morning a dismal cloudy sky with no sun!!! Actually it started to rain last night but it did not seem too bad. At about 2:00 AM, I awoke to a lightning strike lighting up our room followed immediately by a blast of thunder that shook everything. I got up to close the balcony door and the wind was howling and the rain was coming down in sheets. And the harbour was rolling in waves. Yikes, I thought, we have to walk to the bus station in the morning. But Zeus and Poseidon must have their ways and the thunder and lightning, along with wind and rain continued all night. We went down for breakfast at about 8:00 and then packed up and checked out. The rain let up slightly and the thunder and lightning had ceased by the time we were ready to start our walk up the bus station. So we did not get too wet. We boarded the bus for the 10 minute ride to the ferry and then hopped on the ferry for the ride back across to Killini. Then back on the bus for the 4 hour (plus rest stop) ride to Athens. I slept most of the way to the rest stop. It rained all the way until we passed Corinth (about 45 min out of Athens). We arrived in Athens and caught a taxi to take us to our hotel. He told us that there were to be protests from 4 to 6 to join the global protests. Mom was so excited. Finally a protest!!! The roads were plugged as we got close to our hotel which is right near the square where the protests were to be. So it took a little longer and we did not get here until about 4:15. We checked in and went to our room where I restrained mom until about 5:45 and then headed out to find the church meeting place. We were successful, and then headed for "the square" so mom could see the protests. Great fun. Then a quick bite to eat and back to our hotel room. We only took about 10 pictures the whole day. A record for us. What a difference a day makes!!!