We made it!All in all, our international travel was pretty reasonable. IAD moved pretty quickly, and we got there in time to eat dinner in this cute little sandwich shop. Katie briefly lost her watch post security, but someone found it and returned it to an information booth, so Katie is no longer watch-less. The flight left on time, and Caitlynn and Katie sat next to each other (I was wedged up a few rows between two larger gentlemen... a very relaxing way to spend six hours, let me tell you). Katie did get motion sickness toward the end of the flight, but rest assured everyone, she has made a full recovery.
Heathrow was the best I have ever seen it. Almost relaxing (but only because we just happened to already be very close to our gate... otherwise, I'm sure it would have been more on the miserable side). The next flight was only three and a half hours, but once again, I was between two gentlemen who spent most of the flight falling asleep, falling over, and hogging the armrests. Oh, airlines.
Customs was more or less non-existent. We weren't asked to fill out any paperwork or declare anything. We just stood in line and got stamped (despite the fact that he was a little gruff, he did excellent stamp placement on my passport). We then rushed to get our bags and rushed to the metro. Twelve stops and one line change later, we got off and made our way down the block to the hotel. Athens kinda reminds me of Milan, or at least where we're staying here reminds me of where we stayed there.
The hotel is quite nice. We have three single beds in our room, plus our own bathroom and shower. It's very convenient to the metro, and there's wifi and a continental breakfast included. Plus, we have a balcony. Can't beat that.
Later, I'll post about what we did after we checked in to our room (because that only took us until around 4:00 pm).
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