Santorini to Athens Day Thirty-three (Greek Island Hopper Top Deck Tour)

Day 33

We leave today. :( We got up this morning and had breakfast at the hotel. Shannon, Sylvia, Massa and I walked into town to get some food for the boat trip back and also food for lunch. I can't believe our time in the Greek Island is over. It has been so amazing. 

                         

We went back to the hotel and collected our luggage. We caught the mini buses down the huge mountain to the dock to wait for our ferry. The ferry was running 2 hours late. Which pushed our time of arrival in Athens to 2am. Our tour guide told us it roughly takes 8-9hours to get from Santorini to Athens. But top deck upgraded our seats so we could sleep if we wanted to.

                        

When the boat finally arrived we found a spot on the deck overlooking the ocean. The day was so beautiful. So a few of our perched our selves on these chairs to relax for the next couple of hours. 

                      

When night time rolled around the wind started to pick up so we went to the back of the ship to watch the fair off lights of the Islands in the distances.

8 hours on a boat. There's not a lot to say about it other than it was boring and long. The boat was massive and had 8 or so levels with food stores, cabins and shops. The boat must of picked up some speed but we were in Athens just after midnight. And our coach picked us up and took us back to the Novus hotel. We arrived at the hotel just after 12:30am and got assigned our room key. Shannon my room mate had to go use the computer for a second so I took the room key up stairs. Once I got up stairs the key didn't work. So I came back down stairs and they said they gave me the wrong key. Once again I went back upstairs to another room. When I opened it there was only a double bed in the room. I mean I know Shannon and I had got quite close over the tour. But we weren't at the point that we wanted to spoon with each other in the same bed.n

So again I went down stairs and went to the front desk. The clerk at the desk was so room and snapped at me "what do you want?" I was taken back by his attitude. It was a bit harsh. I told them about the double bed problem and they gave me another room key. 

Finally at 1:30am I walked into a room with two single beds. By this time Shannon was back in the room. She had to get up early to catch a train to Rome so we went straight to sleep.