Athens Farewell

We wanted to get one more round of shopping in for our a farewell to Athens. Not so much to buy anything else as to see all of the cool vendors, stores, and markets before we returned to American-style strip malls and department stores!






Tucked around a corner from the main street we found this amazing four story mansion converted into a junk shop. It was so crazy...







Family photo next to the cab before we took off for the airport and our final few hours in Greece...or so we thought...and then we were hit with our next surprise...



First it was the sheep blocked our route out of Velventos, and now a commonplace Greek strike for airport employees! No one wants us to leave! If you can believe it, we were literally one of two flights to still have a scheduled time. Shabd took this shot of the schedule because it was just baffling, unfair, lucky, fortunate, and awesome all at the same time. From "Damn! Our flight is delayed 3 hours!!!" to "Damn! Our flight is the only one that might still fly!!!", it was a fitting roller coaster of emotion to cap off our extremely intense and exciting trip to Greece...