November 15: We arrived at about 10:00 a.m. Barbara (our client’s daughter) met us at the airport and drove us to the Best Western Park Hotel in Pireaus, Greece. Barbara practiced her English on us. The hotel was nice and next to a lovely park with swings and a playground. I saw tons of cars, smart cars, motorcycles and buses on the narrow streets. Everyone was honking. We were surrounded by high rise apartment buildings, stores, and hotels. The Park hotel was narrow with seven floors. Keith worried that the room was too small, but it had a comfy bed and warm shower. We cleaned up and napped. Then we went walking by the port. I recognized the church where Virginia and I walked two years ago. We stopped at a sandwich shop and I ate a turkey sandwich on a long fresh roll. Many people were smoking and stray dogs and cats roamed around. The TV was playing a show about “Helen of Troy” and the goddesses. It was fascinating that all those civilizations flourished thousands of years ago and now everything has disappeared. Life is not permanent. Later we went to the shop and Keith talked about Martin Doors. The receptionist served me fresh orange juice and a Christmas cookie which was similar to Swedish wedding cookies. I fell asleep in the chair. We went to dinner after I rode to the airport with Barbara to get Dave and Virginia. We went to a Greek restaurant at 8:00 p.m. We ate salad, bread, lamb, pork, tomatoes, French fries, cucumbers. For dessert we had a scone dipped in honey.
