As must always happen in the Gregory Family, Fathers Day Breakfast is a cooked affair! It was rather dull and drizzly, but once it cleared up the crews of Dizzie and Laurin set off for Nidri in dinghies with the intention of walking to Nidri waterfall. Unfortunately AJ has developed a bit of a wasp phobia and so after a while he and I turned back, letting Patrick continue on the 8km round trip with Esmé and the others. I think the walk was rather longer than anticipated although the pictures look absolutely fantastic. I can't wait to try again with AJ when the cousins come to stay!
Back on the boat AJ did some reading whilst I caught up with the blog. We then pumped the paddleboard up ready for the others return and the associated dinghy taxi service requirements. Once we had picked them up I went for a paddle, spying a small café with pool with the owner outside saying we could use the pool if we bought drinks. A good find for the next day I thought. I then called in on Dizzie and the kids larked about rowing between the two boats. In what other situation would we be ok with a 7, 5, and 3 year old in a dinghy on their own? They did great though!
With the sound of thunder we all went back to our own boats for dinner, but not before Justin tried out the paddleboard.
Monday
Not sure why both kids can't seem to have a good day of boatschool at the same time. Today it was AJ's chance to shine where as Esmé was kicking her heals. In the end Patrick went ashore for petrol while I dealt with the girl. After lunch I took both kids to the café swimming pool but Esmé had to complete her school work first!I enjoyed a cold beer while both kids played, and waited for Lynita to join us. It was great, the owner let the kids use inflatables piled by the pool and I was relaxed... until she announced she would charger us 5 Euros each to swim (included a soft drink or ice cream). I was a bit put out by this as it hadn't been agreed before, just that we would buy some drinks, but felt unable to argue. What was worse was that Lynita had just arrived and so it was now 20 Euros for 4 kids to swim (we didn't swim to reduce the cost). This is a lot of money when we are full time cruising and although in principle it is reasonable, we would have preferred to know beforehand so we could have chosen not to come. However the kids enjoyed the ice cream and we all went back to Dizzie for dinner!
Tuesday
By the time we woke Dizzie had already left towards Fiskado but with the intention of heading to Agias Euphimias if things were going well. We hung around to get water from the IBA pontoon before following them. We were quite keen to try Fiskado and meet up with Dizzie in a night or two, but on arriving at Fiskado it was so busy we decided to leave it for another time. There were at least 4 flotillas in on a Tuesday night!
Onwards to Agias Euphimias which was lovely but with not so much room to free anchor, however after a little mooching round we found a spot we were happy with and went for a swim. Next up was a tidy up before Lynita text to say they were going for ice cream. We joined them despite not having dinner yet!
The ice cream, just like the town, was lovely. Lots of locals at the playground which the kids loved. It felt like a place we might hang around for a few days waiting for Cousin Tiffany to arrive!
All too soon it was time to go back to Laurin for a Thai Green curry enjoyed by all. Lovely end to the day!
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