Decide on booking Athens instead of Sofia. An unnerving experience with hotel wifi speeds, although safe enough with a VPN. Constant finger crossing that the system won't crash mid payment. Aegean's site works so badly that in the end I switch to Expedia which, oddly enough, is cheaper even with the booking fee than Aegean's own non-functional site. Then have the good luck to think of Expedia.ca, so no change of currency as well. Book hotel separately, the same one we stayed at two years ago - quite adequate but definitely not the kind of luxury that attracts hostage takers. Whole procedure invollves switching to the reception area for better internet connection. Feel thoroughly entitled to the small whiskey J pours on my return.
