Travel and Express?

I was sent some of the special rollers, some extra paint and instructions for the Awlgrip paint by Ocean Marine in Limassol. Rather than using Akis Express they used Travel and Express. My first time in 12 years with Travel and Express for parcels... Harris from Ocean Marine apparently sends the parcel off at 2pm so I am sitting waiting for a call. None comes all afternoon. Eventually at 5:15 I call Harris.

Harris says, 'I definitely sent it at 2pm, Travel and Express don't call you just go down there, it will be waiting... I don't know exactly where they are but they are near the marina...'

I remember seeing Travel and Express when going to get parts from Andreou Brothers. So off I go as fast as allowed... get to Travel and Express and they say, 'No this is not Travel and Express parcel office, that is the other one... you need to go to the end of the road, turn left, at the lights straight on... 800 metres it is there in front of you... quick you have five minutes they shut at 5:30'

As I come out of that Travel and Express office the heavens open and I am soaked!

I run to the car.

I follow their instructions and cannot find it. Retrace my steps, try again. No luck. Go to Akis Express wondering if the two are linked somehow. No, they are not. Get new instructions: 'Turn left at the lights, down the road then left and right and it is on the corner...' I am parked wrong side of the road at 5:30pm... navigate out through the traffic, follow their instructions. No joy.

Try again, wondering which left after the right they meant as the second left does go down to the marina and would be close to the Marina as Harris said. At the end of that road there is another taxi company. No, they are not Travel and Express they are Akropolis Taxis. Stop and ask them. 'Turn left, go to the first lights, straight on, at the bakery turn left, it is on the corner...' I follow these instructions, but they take me to the first Travel and Express office which had redirected me to the second.

OK, let's try again with their instructions: 'You need to go to the end of the road, turn left, at the lights straight on... 800 metres it is there in front of you...' I turn left at the end of the road, and get to the lights. At the lights I spot a Travel and Express transit van. As soon as the lights change I chase it... and find, yes, the Travel and Express parcel office.

The cashier is closed, but a helpful man gives me the parcel and takes the money [because I have the right change] and tapes it to the signed receipt.  Now we have the rollers and brushes and instructions for the painting tomorrow!