Free Day #1 in Athens (9-27-08)

Before leaving Greece, we were given 2 free days to see everything else we had not gotten to see yet. The first day, Abbe, Sam, Tori, Bailey, and I decided to hit the beach. We figured it was our last chance to get a tan this year. Well a tan was not all I got. We had to take a bus from our hotel to the beach. There was just one problem. We had no idea how to pay. There was supposed to be a place beside the stop where we could buy tickets, but we never found it. We hopped on about 4 different buses without paying for them. I don't even want to think what would happen if we had gotten caught. On the bus we passed a lot of beaches. We were not sure which one to get off at, but lucky for us. There was a woman in front of us who had on a cover-up, flip flops, and a big bag. Jokingly I said, "Hey, let's follow her!" I spoke too soon. Next thing we knew, she was screaming at the man beside her. It was all Greek to me. Then she started hitting him and his bag. Instead of hitting her back, he just walked to the back of the bus to avoid the situation. None of us knew what was going on. I was mildly freaking out, thinking to myself, "We are in close coriders on a moving vehicle. What if she pulls out a gun?!" What happened next, I couldn't believe. She started walking towards me! My heart started racing. Then I realized, "Alex, you're stupid. You're standing by the door. Her stop is coming up." Well that's a joke. Apparently the 3 foot space in between her and I was not enough for her to fit through. She starts screaming at me, and then... She slapped my bare arm!!! The same anger raged in me that I would get years ago when Warren would hit me. I wanted to hit her back so bad. I had to use a great deal of self-control. What was mainly stopping me was that I sure was scared what would happen if I did hit her back. Lucky for us, her stop really was the next one. When we got off a few stops later, I had a red hand print on my arm. Go figure. When we finally got to the beach, we had a nice relaxing day. I needed it after that adventurous bus ride.