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FLIGHT was not scheduled to depart until 3:15 p.m., so we had plenty of
time to take a last look at Athens. In the nearby square we found a
taverna for a ham and cheese omelet. Afterwards I walked around and
videotaped the little back streets while Joy stayed behind reading her
Urantia Book.
Videotaping the little back streets in Plaka
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Standing
on the corner with our many bags waiting for the bus to the airport, we
learned that there was a taxi strike today in Athens, and all buses were
filled to capacity. The first one that came by didn’t even slow down
as passengers were crammed in like sardines. The next one was almost as
full but the driver stopped and let us on, with me standing on the
lowest step with my backpack pressed against the door all the way to the
airport.
It
was a great flight on KLM with all seats business-class size. By now we
were thoroughly burned out and ready to head home. At the airport in
Amsterdam my cousin Els picked us up again and we did our usual visiting
routine, eating soup and croquettes and drinking wine until all hours.
Joy, who had sworn off alcohol after our Tel Aviv episode, went to bed,
but I stayed up with my cousins, telling them all about our adventures
in the Mediterranean and taking a good-natured ribbing about what had
now matured into a true black eye, from my eyebrow down to my nose.
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From Los Angeles to Amsterdam
2. The Flight to Greece
3. Ancient
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5. To Piraeus
6. Hania on
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7. A
Day in Limbo
8. Back
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9. From
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10. Cairo
11. The Pyramids
12. The Bus to Israel
13. Jerusalem
14. Bethany and Bethpage
15. An Old Palestinian Hotel
16. The Drive to Galilee
17. Capernaum and Environs
18. The Ancient Boat and Nazareth
19. The Golan Heights and Mt. Hermon
20. The Eastern Shore and Scythiopolis
21. Mount of the Beatitudes
22. Ptolemais and Caesarea
23. A Day in Piraeus
24. Santorini
25. A Rainy Day
26. An Eventful Day in Athens
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