The frogs croak their delight as a heavy rain refills their playground. Salad greens in the garden glisten as the sun returns to soak up the moisture. It is a changeable day on Andros.
This morning we walked into Chora again and sat with a coffee, watching the islanders go about their business. There are not many smiling faces these days. A 24 hour transportation strike was called by the Union to protest the possibility of losing bargaining powers. No ferries, no rail and disruptions to air travel until tomorrow.
We hope that the ferry service returns to normal tomorrow as we plan to leave Andros on a marathon trip to Amorgos that will take us about 17-18 hours from the time we leave Kalliroi's house until we arrive at our little apartment in Chora on Amorgos. The first leg of the journey takes us to the island of Tinos where we will park our bums at a cafe and wait 3 hours for the next ferry to take us to the island of Syros. Hopefully Konstandinos will meet us there and share dinner with us before we board the third ferry to Amorgos, arriving at 1:30am. With luck a small rental car will be waiting for us in the port for the 1/2 hour drive to Chora and Maria will leave a key in the door of the apartment.
We are well rested after an 8 day visit with Kalliroi so we should survive tomorrow's marathon.
This morning we walked into Chora again and sat with a coffee, watching the islanders go about their business. There are not many smiling faces these days. A 24 hour transportation strike was called by the Union to protest the possibility of losing bargaining powers. No ferries, no rail and disruptions to air travel until tomorrow.
We hope that the ferry service returns to normal tomorrow as we plan to leave Andros on a marathon trip to Amorgos that will take us about 17-18 hours from the time we leave Kalliroi's house until we arrive at our little apartment in Chora on Amorgos. The first leg of the journey takes us to the island of Tinos where we will park our bums at a cafe and wait 3 hours for the next ferry to take us to the island of Syros. Hopefully Konstandinos will meet us there and share dinner with us before we board the third ferry to Amorgos, arriving at 1:30am. With luck a small rental car will be waiting for us in the port for the 1/2 hour drive to Chora and Maria will leave a key in the door of the apartment.
We are well rested after an 8 day visit with Kalliroi so we should survive tomorrow's marathon.
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