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Day Seven (continued)

So the last time I left you, Geoff and I were happily sipping hot chocolate and warming up in an internet cafe in Patmos. There was really not much happening, most of the shops were closing up early (tourist season is pretty much over here), and it was COLD in the wind outside - so we headed back to the boat early.

About an hour and fifteen minutes before 'all aboard' time, we decided to head back out to use an ATM we'd seen about three blocks from the ship. We strolled around the neighbouring streets a little, looking for some cheap bottled water, when we heard the sound of a ship's horn blowing. Strange. We checked our watches, and we still had nearly an hour until we needed to be back on board. Again, the ship's horn blew, and we could hear garbled announcements being made. We weren't really comfortable with any of this (and we'd successfully procured some cash and some water at this point), so we decided to head back. At this point, it's still a full 50 minutes before 'all aboard' time. When we reached the block where our boat was docked, we were able to understand the announcement: it was a 'last call' paging Geoffrey and Lindsay Wright, because the ship was just about to leave port. Um, NOT GOOD. We began scurrying/slash/running toward the boat, and the crew was outside, yelling at us to hurry and run faster. We made it on, and they closed the doors right behind us. Within minutes, we were at sea - a full 45 minutes ahead of schedule.

No one ever really figured out what happened, other than fully panicking the people we knew on the boat! Apparently, Patmos just wasn't that interesting - or else people were cold and hungry - and everyone was back early except for us, and they decided they'd like to leave WAY ahead of schedule. Not cool. But a pretty funny story, now that we're a day or two removed from it :)

Labels: Greece, My Life, The Boy, Travel

posted by Lindsay @ 12:13 PM