Suburban Stopover I
Trip Start
Jun 02, 2008
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Trip End
Jun 09, 2009
Athens, Attica, Greece
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
View from our balcony
View from our balcony
From there, we caught an overnight flight across the equator to Johannesburg. My father tells me that when he was in the Navy, he and his shipmates would "Splice the Mainbrace" when they crossed the Equator. This wonderful event involved being issued a double ration of rum for the day. (The only other event that merited this gluttonous celebration was the Queen's Birthday.) Unfortunately, Olympic Airways was not aware of this tradition. I awoke at 2:45 a.m. (local time, somewhere) - still recovering from the flight's complementary antipasto platter of an hour earlier. The computer graphic representing our plane's position on the screen at the front of the cabin showed us crossing over the Equator at Lake Victoria. Yahoo!... I asked for a glass of water.
View from our balcony
View from our balcony
