We docked in Piraeus, the port for Athens, on Sunday
morning. After a final breakfast
we gathered our carry-on bags and disembarked. Our luggage had been placed on a cart already, along with a
bag that didn’t belong to us.
After sorting that out, our driver met us and we were off to the Athens
airport. We had a long wait before
the ticket counter opened but we had a place to sit and it was
entertaining people-watching.
Our flight to Heathrow was uneventful. Due to schedules and my fear of making
tight connections, we opted to stay overnight at the Sofitel Heathrow attached
to T-5. We’ve stayed there before
and it’s quite nice. On Monday
morning we were able to check in and check our luggage for our flight to Dulles
right in the hotel lobby. How convenient
that was!
Our flight was on time and very nice. I do like daylight flights better than
overnight ones. We arrived a few
minutes early, zipped through the Global Entry kiosk (what a great thing that
is!), snagged our bags and a porter, and found our driver waiting with a
sign. Wonder of wonders, traffic
was great going down I-95 and I-64.
We were home by 5:30 PM. It’s
always great to be home!
So ends our 2019 odyssey, or as Al has called it “The Last
Crusade.”
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