Our alarm this morning was for about five. The ship was set to dock at six in Pireas, the port of Athens. The cell phone was working from the moment that I woke up so I have no idea when, if ever, it cut off during the night. Coming into port the ferry goes along …
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March 28, 2016: The Ferry to Athens
I was awake, without a clock, before nine this morning. I did not bring my phone to bed, it does not work up there anyway, because it was plugged in on the desk to be sure that it would be charged for today so when I woke up and Dominica was still asleep I panicked …
March 27, 2016: Last Full Day on Crete
This morning was the change to Daylight Savings Time, or Summer Time as it is called in Europe, outside of the United States. So we are now back to the same time difference with the US that we had when we first arrived in Greece. Today is also Easter back home but Easter will not …
March 26, 2016: Walking Day Around Rethymno
Dominica got up and found crumbs all over the floor and, of course, ants everywhere. This has become our thing, finding ants everywhere. It’s been the year of ants. Although this past stay on Crete has been relatively few, considering that we have been here for three months there have not been that many. So …
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March 25, 2016: Last School Day in Greece
That’s right, today is Liesl’s last day of school before we leave for Romania! The time has really sneaked up on us. Of course, we are headed to Athens and the plan is that we are going to be doing some serious history stuff up there. So that is really an epic field trip for …
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