Aegina Trip / The Annals of Decimus volume III: Decimus' Day Out

Decimus, some students and myself took a trip to the nearby island of Aegina on Saturday. First we had to take the subway to the port of Pereas, about 12 km from my apartment.

My criteria for judging new places can be summed up into two questions: how are the bookstores, and how is the public transit? I can answer the second question by saying that the subway system is pretty nifty. Clean, not too loud, and easy to navigate.

From Pereas, we took a ferry to Aegina. The ride lasted about 1 hour to cover the 35 kms, and costed 16 euro.

The ride was comfy, and most of us got coffee. Decimus had trouble with his, although he was surprised by "how big their triremes are."

The water had an unreal look to it, looking like pleated liquid metal. It only became "wine-dark", to use the Homeric phrase, in the evening.

We arrived at the island's port and spent some time in the market before splitting up.

Then it began to rain, but that wasn't enough to dampen our spirits. After telling Zeus to "bugger off", we high-tailed it to a cafe and sipped super-strong Greek coffee while discussing poetry and how exceptionally "European" it felt to sip super-strong Greek coffee while discussing poetry.

We explored after that, and I only wish I didn't have to worry about using up my camera battery (hopefully the charger will ship within the next few weeks), because the island was filled with all sorts of cute buildings and alleys...

 As well as cats, including this fat fluffer who kept begging food off of us at dinner.






The last ferry left at 7:30, so we had to head back. Not, however, without seeing some pretty spectacular views.