On to Athens

We caught a fast plane and flew directly to Athens with a very brief layover in London. Our plane arrived late because of delays in taking off. As we got off the plane, there was someone from the airport to greet us and shuffle us quickly to our plane taking us from London to Athens. We wouldn’t have made it without his help as he whisked us through security and maze of Heathrow. We left San Francisco on Friday afternoon and didn’t make it to Athens until 6pm Saturday night. Of course there were some time zone changes in there, but I have to say, it feels like a very long day. We are pretty casual travelers and didn’t bother booking a hotel or our flight to Corfu. But everything worked out. The next day was the Greek Orthodox Easter, a week later from the one we celebrate, so the city should be buttoned up pretty tight. We decided to stay a few days to celebrate their Easter and then see the new National Museum on Monday. I haven’t been there since Greece opened the new one up, and I have wanted to see it the last couple of times I have been in Athens. But when we arrived early Monday morning, we found out it was closed for the day. After two days of hanging around Athens to visit the museum was enough. We got on our plane to Corfu that evening and made our way to our floating home. The museum will have to wait for another trip through. It is so nice being back.