Ten

After an excellent BBQ last night, we spent much of the evening educating Millie on proper music. To be fair, she was a quick learner and Spotify enabled her to add Cream, Santana, Led Zeppelin, and The Doors to her playlists. Di and I left them to it and went to bed soon after 22:30.

Darren and Zoe stayed up into the early hours, waiting for Tammy and her son, Broadie, to arrive. There had been a mix-up over her transfer from the airport so, in the end, she took a taxi and arrived here just before 02:00. So now we are ten!

I was awake early and by 07:00 I was making coffee and heading to a lounger near the pool. As I read the overnight news, Kim emerged. She and Jon had decided to head off early to visit a ruin some 25 miles away, and then spend time at the beach. They were gone before anyone else emerged. I had my morning swim and realised I was being watched by Broadie, who was standing on his balcony. Despite their late night, Tammy and Broadie were the next to come down… and then slowly, everyone else appeared.

It was more humid today and the temperatures hovered between 34 and 35C. I sat in my shaded corner, and over the day was joined by Kim, Jon, Diane, and the kids when they needed some relief from the sun. The kids actually spent a lot of the afternoon inside in the air-conditioned lounge. Everyone else was quite quiet - I think the heat was getting to them.

This evening we shut up the villa and took a couple of taxis down to the old town. We wandered the streets looking for a suitable restaurant for dinner. We stopped at one place for a drink, but on reading their restaurant menu, decided to try elsewhere. In the end, we retraced our steps and took the next road, closer to the harbour. 

This was much more lively and had a larger selection of restaurants. We chose one and they settled us down. We had some drinks while choosing from the extensive menu. The food was exquisite. Between us, we had pizza (for Ellie), shashlik, mixed grill, lamb chops, fajitas, halloumi, and who knows what else. It was wonderful and the staff were charming and made a real fuss of “princess” Ellie. Despite our best efforts, it was nearly 10 p.m. before we arrived back at the villa… and the kids seemed to have gained a second wind. 

It really was a lovely evening and we must return to the old town for a look around during the day.