Journey

We left Athens yesterday around 11 am with smiling faces not only because we had our 4 person room to ourselves but also because we got an interesting discount on the room. We made our way to the ferry port by means of one very congested train to Kiato (1 hr 30 min, i sat on the steps & Ben stood the entire time) and and one very long train to Patras. We casually made our way to the ticket booth, purchased our tickets, then headed for a late lunch/our only meal for the day. We ate at Chick n Chicken, Ben got a burger but it was really a gyro, i got pasta but it was really quiche. We hopped on the ferry at 4.30 and proceeded to play card games until the boat left at 6. We were approached by new travelers who had many questions for us. We read books, watched shows on our ipods, watched movies in silence b/c they would not turn on the sound, and ate icecream for dinner mainly b/c it was the cheapest thing on the menu. Sleeping on a ferry is always an expoerience b/c there is not a spot for us to sleep except on the floor. My head was next to this German guys head the whole night and Ben's head was coincidentally next to what we thought to be a homeless man except he had a 2 liter of coke that he drank standing up over ben the entire night. My german sleeping buddy was very similar to our Asian roommate from paris. YES! He screamed bloody murder in his sleep. I never jumped so high when i heard him continually scream like he was being beheaded. The icing on the cake was when he screamed it startled his girlfriend so much that she screamed this awkward loud panicky shrill. When that happened Ben leaped out of his sleeping bag with his boxerbriefs on, scrathing his head, freaking out, and completely confused (it was 4 am who could blame him), i decided to scream back at them in hopes to wake them up so they would stop. And then, we couldnt help but remember and imitate the Asian shrieker. After the rough sleep we arrived in Bari Itlay where we decided to once again walk with our giant packs on to the train station in hopes to save 3£. Well you all know how that worked out, we walked for 2 miles and then decided we were lost so we took the bus anyway. We got to the train station late and had to take the 3.15 train to the Roma station. After a 6 hour train ride we made it to ROME!!! Our hostel is on the 5th floor of what looks like a giant business building. We are eating popcorn. Did we ever mention how much we love you all? Well we love you.
Molly&Ben

Quote for the day:

Popcorn is the sentimental good-time Charlie of American foods.--Patricia Linden