Opa!

I'm in Greece! We docked into Piraeus, which is the Athens port, late last night around 2am or so. We couldn't get off the ship, though, because we had to wait for customs officials to come check our passports and clear us early this morning. Now, I'm sitting in the port terminal using the free internet with about a bajillion other SASers, or SASholes, as we're so affectionately called. I've got a trip in an hour, so it wasn't worth it to leave the port area. Unfortunately, the internet is superrrrr slow, so uploading pictures on Facebook didn't work out so well. I promise I'll figure out a way to get some up somehow!

I've also been diligently working to figure out times for ferries to the islands and whatnot. We're going to Mykonos tomorrow, and from there, the plan is to head to Santorini. During our pre-port meeting last night, they warned us about ferry strikes and public transportation strikes, etc. Basically, they told us to get our asses back to Athens before the last day because if you don't make it onto the ship by the time they need to leave, then you're stuck here and you've gotta figure out a way to get yourself to Istanbul. Sooooo, the plan for now is to make sure we're back here on the night before we leave...because getting left behind would suck. And I'm sure a plane ticket to Turkey isn't cheap.

Today, the plan is to hit up all the major sites, i.e. the Parthenon, etc. We've also been looking into going to an outdoor theater tonight to see Eclipse. Some people on the ship managed to get it boot-leg in Croatia, and we've heard it's really good. Plus, being deprived of the entertainment world sucks. I miss TV! They broadcast the World Cup Finals the other night on the ship, though! (Yay Spain!) They usually only broadcast super important stuff like presidential inaugurations, so it was pretty exciting that a soccer game qualified as super important.

I'm off to grab lunch before my trip! I'll post more later about my day 1 adventures in Athens!