Athens, Greece

wild dogs

so, i landed in athens with about 10 hours to kill so i decieded to go to Athens and meet up with Misty versus waiting in the airport for the night. Caught a cab ride with a guy who builds boat docks named Alberto. The flight was okay, however the airline checked my bag all the way to Mykonos or otherwise it was still in the airport somewhere - so always check where ur bag is going to turn up and don't rely on what the ticket says.

Met up with Misty at Athens Backpackers place which was expensive, i think for a hostel. but ended up meeting two really cool gals who plan to come to Hawaii named Tessa and Dalia, one from Califonria and one from London.

Misty and i woke up at 3 pm to go to the bus station (3 euros or 5 us) which was the only alternative versus the cab (40 euros- 55 us). we were acoompanied by five dogs, who apparently in greece just wander around because no one takes care of them. owners just leave them to the streets because they either get expensive or they don't care. these dogs were protecting us as we walked to the bus station. it was surreal. a guy was walking toward us and they started barking at him, at that time he raised his arm up to ward them off and they started really growling. as we walked by the national park there were several dogs who started barking away at our gang of dogs. as we go to the bus stop there were another gang of dogs who started barking. it was dog wars.... in any case i think our gang of dogs were protecting us and we ended up just fine taking the bus and waiting at some ungodly hour for the plane to take off.