An interesting sort of night....

Ciao!

So last night I had to leave the lovely Cinque Terre. I also had to say goodbye to Heidi, the amazing woman I met that took care of me when I got sick (did I mention that I have had various colds, kidney infections and stomach flus for the last 3 weeks? Heidi made me fresh ginger tea, did reflexology on my feet, did healing meditations with me, gave me a ton of chinese healing pills...she was absolutely a doll. She really kept me grounded the last couple of days in Cinque Terre because I was really sick and up all night for 2 nights. It subsided for an entire day...but it is worse now, here in Athens. I am still staying positive, it's pretty tough to be down when you are in such amazing places, but it is very hard for me to feel like sightseeing and leaving my bed.

I hopped on the train from Monterosso to Milano Centrale, and arrived around 10:00pm. I had no idea how to get to the airport (this is becoming more and more apparent to me) but I seem to have an endless supply of guardian angels watching over me. I keep noticing that the whole trip, everything just seemed to work out. I met the exact right person to help me out of a tricky situation. So I met Marco, a German who grew up in London and now lives in San Fransisco. We found the bus and made it to the airport. If I had have missed that bus, I would have had to stay in Milano Centrale till 4am! Milano Centrale is a place I think you would want to avoid at that hour...hmmm Anyway, made it to the airport and said goodbye. The airport was abandoned pretty much, and I found a few seats by another girl and my intuition said that she was safe. So I layed down and hugged my bags to try and get a little sleep. Before I fell asleep, she woke up and we started chatting. I found out she was born in Athens, but ran away from home at 18 to New York. After one year, she moved to Toronto, and has lived there for the past 9 years. It was amazing because had never been back home until this point. When we got to the terminal gate in Athens, her mom was crying so much and it was very very touching. Anyways, she works for an Airline company in Canada, and gave me a free sleep mask and sleep socks (Milan airport was FREEZING somehow). I tried to sleep and did for around 4 hours which is pretty amazing! I didn't get sick or anything the entire day or night too so I was feeling preeeeeetty good. Hopped on the 2 hour flight to Athens without a hitch (except Volareweb is pretty lame-o). She gave me her address and phone number and said if I needed a place to stay in Athens in a couple of days, that I could call her and stay with her family. How amazing is that!? I am couchsurfing with a sweetheart named Magda, and she has the cutest little apartment really close to downtown Athens. Tomorrow I am heading to the Acropolis, the Parthenon, the Ancient Agora (market) the Dionysus Theatre and the National Gardens. I don't really know how long I will stay in Athens. If this sickness keeps up, I may stay my whole time in Greece here. The partying in Corfu will ruin me! Anyways, I think I better try to sleep and see how I feel tomorrow. I am staying tomorrow night at a girl named Elena, who has another guest staying with her from the US. After that I may stay with Esmerelda (the girl from the Airport) and her family. I hope everyone is doing okay, and know that I am doing my very best to take care of myself. Even despite being a bit unlucky, I still feel so wonderful and absolutely grateful to be where I am.

Love Sarah. <3