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If youre greek you know oddysey

Due to the fact that my pasport was running out at the end of the year, i had get a new passport.
Now my home country is part of the EU and part of the schengen agreement more info at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_treaty

What that means is that our new biometric passports are now the responsibility of the police instead of an office situated in the local prefecture HQ. So what you are going to say? Well that meant that since i am leaving in prague i was unable to just walk to the embassy and apply for my passport since it had to be relayed over to greece then to police then back to the greek office then back to the embassy then to me. And all that via 'Official mail' which happens twice a month or so. So delays were immenant.

Anyway i set out well annoyed for a quick trip to greece...

21:45 arrived prague airport checked in
22:55 ten minutes before the time of departure we get announced there are technical dificulties and plane is going to be late
23:45 actually left
02:45 landed (local time) had no luggage so walked straight out.
02:55 felt too tired to get my rental and drive the 270klm so decided to get the bus and sleep
03:15 connection bus from airport to bus station
03:48 accident in the kiffisos avenue involving a small wheel based truck, his tank leaked and spread tens litres of diesel on the street, avenue closed and worker with sand and wood powder trying to clean the street
04:00 arrived bus station 48hr national strike for some classes of workers most knew so me and some other late airport passengers stranded !!!!!!!!!!!
04:25 after much cursing and indulging in conversations with no so usual type of characters, me and two other airport stranded passengers a german and an italian guy who both relocated to my home town who i met on the bus platform we get a taxi and get cracking
05:25 we stop at a fresh accident after making sure they are allright and a doctor stopped as well
06:17 around megalopoli we have a flat tyre probably due to the debris of the accident we stopped
06:27 after the driver, me and the italian guy did a formula 1 tyre swap under rain we were back on our merry way
06:40 on the last leg of the journey on a downhill and rather snake bendy passage there is long and thick fog so we have to drop to 20klm
07:35 we are actually in the town and hit the morning traffic jams ARGHHHH!!!
07:58 i am actually home

09:20 after shower and breakfast/chat with the family ready for work.

I think i am gonna sleep for 12+ hr tonight

Posted at 12:11μμ Δεκ 12, 2006 by Ioannis Psyllas in Personal  |  Comments[1]