Day 52- 16th June. Crete

Day 52- 16th June. Crete

Had a quiet day today – woke after a better nights sleep and only woke Graeme twice during the night, trying to find Danni in the dark!!!

We went down to the village for some more bread for our toast, then had a lovely day around the pool. It has been boiling today, temp well into the mid 30’s – it felt like a dry desert heat which is lovely when you have a pool to cool down in.

Danni swam happily the whole time, you can tell she grew up with a pool at home her first 9 years of life!! She only needed Poppa who always plays with her in the water to make it perfect I’d say.

Graeme sat and sketched from photos we have taken – one of the 5,500 photos over the past 2 months – yes OMG! I hear you all saying. Wait till we have the photo weekend when we get home, we will have to lock everyone in to stop you all leaving – and No falling asleep !
There are also 15 hours of video to watch – had a look at some Danni had shot the other day, we were seriously motion sick by the end of it ?!@#@!!!

This afternoon we sat on the balcony, looked at the ocean and drank a beer, then ouzo and cokes - very nice. Danni has become a bit of a wine connoisseur, she likes white wine as its sweeter than red and enjoyed a weak ouzo and coke this afternoon. Offered her a drop of Grappa- the national drink here, but it is the original rocket fuel and she wasn’t ready to blast off!

Finished off the day with a meal at a restaurant in the village overlooking the bay - a great way to finish the day.
Really don’t want to leave here in a couple of days as this type of rest is really good for the body and the soul – but guess the reason is that you aren’t here all the time, so appreciate it more. Just as well we have family and friends we want to go home to as there are several thermal power stations here on Crete that Graeme has seen and could probably get work at. But imagine having to learn Greek – you can’t even read it easily, the locals would have a field day laughing at our attempts to pronounce their language, although I can say Hello, Thank You and Do you speak English (which they all do)!