Motivated by new appreciation of the dollar (see Tap to Pay? Sorry, Cash Only for Me) and depreciation of it to the euro, I refused to pay 60 euros to go from Athens airport to the Grand Hyatt Athens (see It’s Time to Drop the ‘Grand’). Instead, I paid to take the X95 bus to Syntagma, the famous square where the buses from the marathon picked me up (see Athens Marathon Course Review). From there, I paid 5.5 euros for a taxi.
Since I arrived at 2AM, there was no reason to get to the hotel quickly. In my spending days, I would have rationalized that I deserved the most efficient way to get to the hotel, as it had been such a long day. What a difference a change of mindset makes.
TPOL’s Tip: There is tap to pay on the bus, a reasonable exception to the cash only lifestyle.
