“He has said to me to go to Israel. My name is Miriam, it’s holy, and I am from Holland on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. I have nothing, no passport, no money, I get everything through gods will.” Miriam was small and blonde, she knew a lot and was on a journey of her own when we met her at the port on our way to Greece. She had confessed to crying a few days earlier for her travels have been lonely and asked if we could be her company for the ride over. We said yes. She boarded with us onto the second class deck, we sat there for a few hours talking, but she generally kept saying that she was on a pilgrimage. I was a little skeptical at first, to tell you the truth I thought she was suffering from a mental breakdown , while Daniel held open arms. The wind started to pick up and the deck became an uncomfortable place to sleep. Two other travelers came up to us and asked us where we were sleeping, and before we could answer said that they were sneaking into the airseats section inside. Miriam scoped it out and 30 minutes later we were sitting peacefully in cushioned seats with no wind and a tv to watch as we dozed off to sleep. There was absolutely no one in there at 9:00 pm around 10:30 you could see the other travelers walking in glancing around to make sure they weren’t going to get caught. To tell you the truth, I think 97% of the people that slept there didn’t reserve a seat, and no one came to check! I don’t think anyone cared.

It was morning and we just hit Igoumenitsa. Miriam had mentioned she needed a swimsuit as she was going to use that as her way to bathe herself at the beach. Having brought an extra pair, I gave it to her. She told us that she was traveling without a passport and that her only way into Jerusalem would be through Syria, it was gods will that she not take a passport for he’ll bring her protection. I think she’s very bold and has a very strong faith regardless of her family and friends believing in science more than a god. I truly wish her all the best. We arrived at our destination Patras, and there we parted ways with Miriam.

Tid bit for the day: When traveling you have no idea how much shit you can get for free, literally. You just can’t be scared. People are lazy, everywhere! Just walk in and they don’t ask, just sit, or talk to people and be very polite. It can get you a lot. Smile. And if anything happens….well, you didn’t know.