On Friday morning we checked out of our hotel at 6am and headed to the Athens airport to drop off the rental car. I always breathe a sigh of relief when we return a rental car on one of these types of trips. Paul did a great job driving nearly 3000 km (approx 1850 miles) the first two weeks of this adventure. He navigated very tight parking spots, tour busses, trucks carrying watermelons, motorcycles, tourists who aren’t experienced driving European highways, and generally zipped us all over the place.

Our trip to the airport wasn’t just to drop off the car. We met Miss M at the arrivals gate after her 4:30a flight from Yerevan, Armenia to join us for the remainder of the trip. We knew Miss Ms flight arrived as a host of short Armenian-looking men starting coming through the arrivals gate, and all of the signs held by limo drivers were for names ending in IAN or YAN. Paul enjoyed standing with the drivers waiting with his sign for Miss M.

30 minutes later we checked into the Grecotel Cape Sounio resort for the sixth leg of this trip. We enjoyed the stunning breakfast buffet and then made our way to our suite/bungalow with private pool which we all promptly hopped in. Miss M shared stories about the past few weeks of her travels and we relaxed pool side enjoying the complimentary snacks and drinks provided by the resort.

I had to work that afternoon so the kids and Paul had massages and swam.

The dinner buffet was amazing and D was excited to try beef wellington after watching many TikToks featuring Gordon Ramsey critiquing the general public attempting to perfect it.

It was a long day but we are grateful to be together again.