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Athens to Atlanta to Tampa

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 Wednesday, August 26, 2026 Sometimes five a.m. is really one-thirty!  Which is to say that I'm wide-eyed too early in the morning;  but since we have to be outside with our baggage by 6:15, I may as well get moving.  There's time for yoga and all the NYT puzzles and a shower. Getting downstairs in the wonky elevator is a bit of a challenge.  Poor Dave has been going up and down like a yoyo!  But finally we're all outside and meeting our new driver.  He's very snappy in a suit and tie! This is an even larger bus! The only advantage to being up so early is that we get to see the sunrise! We get to the airport and head for the Delta line to check in.  Kathy finds out we can use the kiosk to tag our bags and everyone goes over.  That's when I remember I need to make sure my bag gets tagged to Tampa and I have to head back to the long line.  When I finally see that magic TPA on my tag I can go on to security and Ginger, Art, and Jan have bee...
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Meteora to Athens

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 Tuesday, August 25, 2026 It’s a really early morning for whatever reason and I get to do my yoga on the balcony again, in the still-dark air and the cool breeze!   Jan wakes up about two minutes before I was going to wake her! Downstairs for coffee/tea and breakfast and Art is the first to join us, followed by Ginger, completing our table for four.   Before I go back up everyone has shown up and we are all assembled by the bus at the appointed hour. Kathy is concerned because her son says one of her fur babies is missing.   I hope she comes home when she realizes Kathy is back!   I usually hear from my beloved sitter by this time and I haven’t.   I’m going with the theory that no news is good news.   I have heard from Stu that Amanda and Puff are on the road to Maryland for Amanda’s favorite fair! It’s awfully quiet on the bus this morning.   I think it is part cumulative fatigue, part not being ready for the trip to be over.   It does make ...
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Meteora (really Kalabaka)

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 Monday, August 24, 2026 I'm awake really early (wondering if I'll survive the day) and Jan is too.  She does her yoga on the balcony and comes to tell me I need to come watch the sky lightening.  She's right.  I stretch out there, too and it is pretty spiritual.  We go to breakfast a bit before eight and the buffet is quite large with multiple serving tables and a magic coffee machine (again, no decaf!) We are fueling up for the climbs to the various monasteries.  The one which doesn't have steps in closed on Mondays, wouldn't ya know!  There are two with 140 steps, one with 350 steps, and then I quite paying attention!  Also we've learned that pants won't do for the ladies.  We knew we had to cover our shoulders and knees but didn't know about the skirt requirement.  Luckily I've brought a ligh shawl that I can wrap around my waist and have it fall below my knees.  Sometimes it's okay to be short!         ...
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