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On the way down to an easy landing, this breakfast came to convince us that we weren't having jetlag. ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.04-10.10Santorini//P1000732 Once at Heathrow we said good bye to Ben ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.04-10.10Santorini//P1000733 and had our drinks ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.04-10.10Santorini//P1000734 while waiting for this board to tell us that our long layover was over. ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.04-10.10Santorini//P1000735 On the flight to Athens, this was my meal ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.04-10.10Santorini//P1000736 and Suzanne's which proved that Aegean serves better meals than Continental. ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.04-10.10Santorini//P1000737 Once on the ground, we made our way to Piraeus where after 27 hours of travel it wasn't surprising that the room ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.04-10.10Santorini//P1000738 and toilet both seemed dark. ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.04-10.10Santorini//P1000739 But we needed to stay awake if we were to adjust to the local time, so we went for a walk. We recorded the building down the street from us so that we could find our way back (if we could find our way anywhere) ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.04-10.10Santorini//P1000740 and then the church we walked by after checking at the pier to see where our tickets would be the next morning. Little did we know that the church was the marker where we turned the wrong way ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.04-10.10Santorini//P1000741 ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.04-10.10Santorini//P1000742 but that didn't prevent an obligatory phone booth picture ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.04-10.10Santorini//P1000743 and a view of the next church ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.04-10.10Santorini//P1000744 and of the sunset as we wondered why we had been walking so long without any sign of Microlimeno. ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.04-10.10Santorini//P1000745 ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.04-10.10Santorini//P1000746 Luckily for us, Elizabeth appeared at this point and insisted that we let her escort us to where we were trying to go. ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.04-10.10Santorini//P1000747 So we rode the #40 bus and the #20 trolley and then found ourselves at the row of restaurants we had anticipated and Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.04-10.10Santorini//P1000748 and I were happy to be sitting down ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.04-10.10Santorini//P1000749 with bread service ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.04-10.10Santorini//P1000750 and wine ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.04-10.10Santorini//P1000751 and water ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.04-10.10Santorini//P1000752 with lemon for the water ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.04-10.10Santorini//P1000753 as we had our first Greek salad ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.04-10.10Santorini//P1000754 our fava beans ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.04-10.10Santorini//P1000755 and saganacki before calling it a night. ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.04-10.10Santorini//P1000756