On Cliffs at the edge of the sea

Hauntingly Sounion

Arriving at the cafe to recap on our disaster morning we shoved coffee down our throats while I perved on two girl sitting ahead of us. We tried making a group decision on where to go now that Dephi had backfired. Levi pulled out his travel book and we immediate knew that "SOUNION" was the place for us...

Sounion a place known for its cliff. A cliff is always a threshold of danger; one might slip and fall or be pushed over the side if one is unaware. It is the potential for immediate death. A cliff can be a kind of freedom that leads to a desired death.

The myth that follows sounion is:

Theseus' father flung himself down from the cliff, believing his son was dead when he saw a black sail rather than a white one. The stupid son told his dad that if he wins the fight that he will sail back in white. However he forgot to inform his father.

Theseus, in his carelessness, had neglected to change the sails of his returning ship from black to white after his battle with the Minotaur of Crete as he had promised his father. In despair, his father killed himself over the believed loss of his son; the Aegean Sea is named from his act.

Theseus’ lover, Ariadne, stared from a cliff at this same ship as it retreated from Crete toward Greece. Her view was one of abandonment, betrayal and pain from the ungratefulness for her efforts in assuring Theseus’ success in killing the Minotaur.

After reading about this we knew that there was no stopping us. Sounion here we come. We caught a train to the bus station only to realise that we could have caught the same bus from outside the hotel were staying at. Meanwhile no one still knows where Terminal B is for crying out loud.

The Peeing Incident

We soon realise that we all need to pee. What better way to do it then to sneak inside a museum to pee. We slowly sneak in and run downstairs near the courtyard were we use the toilets. We manage to take random shots of the museum. I can't even remember the name of the museum but it was nice. It was cool how we dodged the security guy at the door.

We finally managed to jump on the bus. We popped a few motion sickness tablets and before I knew it we all pasted out and I missed out on filming. I remember waking up a few times and opening my eyes and thinking how beautiful the scenery is and that I should film. I just ended up falling back asleep.

Finally we arrived to Sounion. After wandering around for a while taking pictures left, right and centre we managed to come up with some filming ideas for my movie HI. We ended up sitting at the edge of the cliff and eating our stolen sandwiches and cake. The view was amazing. From memory I think Levi said that on a clear day you can spot 20 islands from Sounion.

Sounion was nice and peaceful. Sitting on the edge of the cliff watching a guy way way down trying to fish and breathing the air...... I think this part was one of the most memorable days in Greece...