Sunday 25 September 2011
We packed and loaded our van "Clifford" for the ferry back to Athens. (Too bad we later realized we left some bedding on the wall and it had fallen down - out of sight.) Robyn and David loaded us with fresh wild oregano from the hillside, basil and dill from the garden and home canned plum marmelade, sun dried tomatoes and figs and Nicole's homemade apple sauce. We had tuna sandwiches for the boat trip too. We played a little more music including our original, "Food and Love" which goes a little something like this:
A E B E
When they grew strong and healthy, they were so happy and gay
A E Gb B
Then they grew rich and wealthy, that's what the old people say.
E A E
Four Ikarian cats came from the wild and they were hungry
B A E B A E
For food and love, for food and love.
With two hours till departure we hopped into their car for a sightseeing jaunt up to the reservoir and desolate landscape that many Ikarians hid in from marauding pirates back in the day. Dian kept looking for dracmas in the chinks of walls but to no avail. She did, however, find a cool piece of glass (probably ancient) from a castle ruin site. Robyn did one last Body Talk video with Charles as cameraman and Nicole as "patient."
At 4:30 it was time to drive to the ferry. We stopped and purchased a gas burner, so we could cook some of our meals, finally. As we pulled out of the harbor our hosts unfurled a giant red scarf and waved it till we were just a smudge on the horizon. One exciting moment occurred when Charles' prized "Jamaica" baseball cap flew off in the wind and miraculously landed on the deck below then was gallantly returned to him by a fellow passenger. We all hunkered down in the lounge and after three Fantas, dozed off. At midnight we pulled into Piraeus Port and drove our van to the same place we'd slept at before.
We packed and loaded our van "Clifford" for the ferry back to Athens. (Too bad we later realized we left some bedding on the wall and it had fallen down - out of sight.) Robyn and David loaded us with fresh wild oregano from the hillside, basil and dill from the garden and home canned plum marmelade, sun dried tomatoes and figs and Nicole's homemade apple sauce. We had tuna sandwiches for the boat trip too. We played a little more music including our original, "Food and Love" which goes a little something like this:
E A E
Two people had some cats in the yard and they were hungry
B A E B A E
For food and love, for food and love.A E B E
When they grew strong and healthy, they were so happy and gay
A E Gb B
Then they grew rich and wealthy, that's what the old people say.
E A E
Four Ikarian cats came from the wild and they were hungry
B A E B A E
For food and love, for food and love.
With two hours till departure we hopped into their car for a sightseeing jaunt up to the reservoir and desolate landscape that many Ikarians hid in from marauding pirates back in the day. Dian kept looking for dracmas in the chinks of walls but to no avail. She did, however, find a cool piece of glass (probably ancient) from a castle ruin site. Robyn did one last Body Talk video with Charles as cameraman and Nicole as "patient."
At 4:30 it was time to drive to the ferry. We stopped and purchased a gas burner, so we could cook some of our meals, finally. As we pulled out of the harbor our hosts unfurled a giant red scarf and waved it till we were just a smudge on the horizon. One exciting moment occurred when Charles' prized "Jamaica" baseball cap flew off in the wind and miraculously landed on the deck below then was gallantly returned to him by a fellow passenger. We all hunkered down in the lounge and after three Fantas, dozed off. At midnight we pulled into Piraeus Port and drove our van to the same place we'd slept at before.
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