Missed funny story

I forgot to tell the most hilarious story from the trip. It happened in Athens.

So, we dock in Athens and we need to get downtown to see the Acropolis. We hailed a taxi right off the dock. He asked us where we wanted to go and we said "The New Acropolis Museum." There were 8 of us, so we had to split up into two taxis.

Our taxi took off. My uncle asked the taxi driver if he could drive by the meter. This is a common issue in Greece. They'll drive off the meter and then charge you an arm and a leg and you can't do anything about it because you're already there. So, then the taxi driver proceeds to tell my uncle that his meter is broken, so he can't do that. But instead of trying to negotiate a price, he just dropped us off on the side of the road and said "Find another taxi." Luckily, we were still near the dock (I think we had gone about an hour) So, we hail another taxi. We go through the same process. My uncle says, "Will you charge using the meter." The guy literally TAPS his odometer and says his odometer isn't working. I'm sitting right behind the driver and can SEE his odometer working. He tells us to get out as he flicks his cigarette out of the window. By this point, we're all laughing. It's just so ridiculous.

We hail a THIRD cab. Luckily, this guy will go by the meter and nothing was seemingly broken on his cab. He knew English very well and talked to us the entire ride there, telling us about how much he loves coaching women's basketball and how the Dallas Mavericks lost their chance at the title when they lost to the Heat.

So, it took three cabs to get to the Acropolis Museum. Oddly, we beat the other cab there. Don't ask me!