Welcome back to Athens…Now were stuck at the Airport!

What can I say after that flight I was still a little shaken about. Who wouldn’t be? It was a flight from hell. After waiting for our luggage again for 30 minutes we managed to get through customs. Once again there was no customs at customs in Athens.

The 6 hour Airport wait

We thought we would wait for our friend Levi who was on a flight to Athens in about 2 hours. So we wandered around the airport like lunatics until we decided to have lunch. After walking into a pasta shop we walked back outside when we saw the price list.

Next stop was maccas. I haven’t had maccas for so long that I forgot what a big Mac tasted like. After spending like 20 dollars on maccas we sat down for lunch. This is when we noticed that there was a guy at maccas drinking beer. Who comes to maccas to drink? For crying out loud there isn’t any normal people left in this world. The guy was treating maccas as a bar. One beer after the other. The next thing you know maccas will open a pub section.

The wrong number

We decided to call Levi’s mobile. When we did we managed to get a travel agent. We were confused and didn’t know what the hell was happening. So we thought we will go check if the plane is on its way only to find out that the flights been delayed. We had an extra 3 hours now at the airport. This was starting to remind me of the whole Kath and Kim episode where they spent the whole holiday at the airport shopping at duty free. Only we couldn’t afford to shop at duty free in Athens.

The Tray

We decided that to kill some time we should make a welcome to Athens poster for Levi. So we spent 15 minutes drawing on a card I had in my suitcase. This is after my friend caused an incident at maccas. She made me go over to collect some one’s tray at maccas so that we can use the paper on the tray to make the sign. The only problem was when I picked up the tray and emptied it in the bin I realised that the other side had writing on it. This was screwed. Meanwhile people were looking at me as a maccas staff member. Walking around like a psycho lunatic collecting trays off the tables.

Meanwhile I had to sort out some hotel information when we got back to Istanbul. You see we switched our flight from Athens back to Istanbul to get back to Istanbul earlier to shop. Only problem was that we had no accommodation. You think I would be more concerned on where I was sleeping. Finally after a few calls we had accommodation.

The Info Desk

The airport seemed to drag on further and further. I thought to kill some time that I should harass the information desk. So I spent some quality time harassing the guy at the info desk. He didn’t know anything. Or maybe he had no idea what I wanted. Why put an info desk if you cant answer my questions. They weren’t that hard. I just wanted to know the hotspots of Athens and if my friend was on the flight. All I got was that he couldn’t give out personal information. For crying out loud I’m giving you practically all the information why cant you inform me if he boarded the freaking plane or not?

My next bright idea was to grab coffee from a coffee cart where the woman spent most of her time on the phone rather than behind the cart. After ordering coffee and paying around 10 bucks I continue to sit and wait. The coffee was good. I think with the texture fumes and the coffee I was quite entertained for a short while.

All I could say was hurry up Levi!