Mykanos

this is my grandpa Nasko saying goodbye, no tears.



take green line 3000 kilometers

I remember somebody wishing me unexpected adventures so why am I not surprised that I am here. The bus to Athens was full of some interesting people that I either wanted to marry or kill. I met Stanislav because I manifested my want to sit by him and he made the 24 hours go by in 8 which was too bad because I was having a fun time. He is my age and moving to the Greek islands to find work. Not that finding work in Bulgaria is impossible just that getting paid is. He was really sweet and I admire that kind of uncertainty. What I do is not altogether so remarkable or scary. I have money and brains and I will be alright. He's moving away from his family, girlfriend, and country for something far short of an exotic vacation. He hopes that he can save some money to be able to pay a girl in America to marry him. By no means was he asking me, but I offered anyway. I may brains but not money?
The rest of our company was drunk, old, and toothless. Cant have everything go your way I guess and I did good to fake it.

Athens it was and what did I expect I found myself alone. The strangest kind of Deja Vu too. Last summer when I decided to stay behind in Thailand I was in a similar situation. I knew there was someone I wanted to meet up with, a vague idea of where they were, and no phone or address. Its funny I thought I would just find somebody in Athens, the place is beyond massive. It was also beyond impossible because Callie, Kendall, Claire, and Lulu weren't even in Athens, ha. Anyway getting on a boat to an island I knew nothing about was just like getting on the catamaran to Ko Tao to meet Christoph and Janos. Same same but different. I like travelling this way...holes in the game plan.

I take back half of the awful things I thought about Greeks. I don't think I've ever met such helpful and encouraging locals in my life. One man left his newspaper stand to walk me 8 blocks to the bus station that took me to Rafina Port. The guy that sold me my ferry ticket to Mykanos called all his friends asking where I could buy a sleeping bag near the port! Its been a long journey and I'm still not there. Left Varna 28 hours ago, should arrive someday...