We got up early and availed ourselves of the free breakfast. Then we checked out of our horrible hotel and made for Athen's port of Pireas (stopping first at Monastriaki metro stop to put our 2 other suitcases in a locker). When we arrived at Pireas around 10:30AM it was a dead port. Unfortunately, Robyn's awful "Greek Island Hopping" book by Frewin Poffley failed to mention that almost all boats leave port around 7 or 8AM or then in the evening around 8PM. As such there were very few options left for islands to go to unless we wanted to do an overnight boat that night. Instead, we opted to jump on a boat to the lesser known (but still well connected) island of Syros. This island turned out to be an unexpected pleasure. Nervous jumping
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