What a surprise!!!
23 July 2012
At the beginning of this month, Chris returned to the UK for 10 days to join his best friends for a special trip to France to take part in Classic Le Mans (separate blog to follow). During this time, I stayed on the boat in Messalonghi marina and one of my two sisters, Audra, was coming out to join me for a couple of weeks.
I dropped Chris off at the airport and waited for Audra to arrive an hour later. Imagine my surprise when not only did Audra appear through the Arrivals door but so did my mum!! For those of you who have read our earlier blogs, you will know that my mum was on holiday in Zakynthos in May and Chris and I were planning to meet her there but the weather had other ideas and we couldn’t make it. It was a huge surprise to see her too, not only because I had absolutely no idea but because she is not keen on boats or water!
However, July in a marina is not ideal with temperatures hitting 40+ degrees but we hired a car (with air-conditioning of course!)and had day trips to Nafpaktos and Astakos, ate around 9pm when it was cooler and spent the days reading, doing crosswords and making good use of the beaches around Messalonghi. When Chris got back, mum actually agreed to come out on the boat for the day (well she was out-voted 3 to 1) and even though the journey back to the marina was a bit bumpy as the wind had increased, she didn't complain, just kept her eyes closed until we got there. Well done mum!