Monday Morning and we are on our way to Greece. We check out of our apartment here. Gotta say I will not miss the actual apartment. While the location was great and it was roomy for three of us, the beds were hard, the décor sparse, it was ill equipped and the shower was a 2 foot square enclosed by a cheap plastic shower curtain that sticks to you when you shower. However, it does not diminish from the lasting impression of Sorrento and the Amalfi area.
We are sad to bid farewell but excited for the next step of our journey.
We are only a few blocks from the train station but it includes a couple of steep sets of stairs, not conducive to dragging our suitcases so, a short 20E cab ride and we are at the Circumvesuvian Train station. We board the small local train which will take us to Naples.
From here we board the high speed Frecce train which takes us to Rome.
A hair-raising cab ride with Mario Andretti and we are at the airport for our flight to Athens.
Arriving in Athens we make our way to our hotel. Our driver speaks excellent English and talks to us with pride and optimism of his country, its current situation and his confidence that this country that has endured for millenia will come through and go on. We relax at the rooftop bar with a glass of Greek wine as the sunset paints the sky. Across from us the Acropolis stands high atop a rocky hill overlooking the city, brightly lit against the night sky. Enduring, impressive, solid. Like the spirit of its people.
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