We have been staying in a really nice hotel on a Greek island about 1 hours ferry trip from Athens, called Aegina for last night and tonight. The lady who owns the hotel is very nice and makes excellent cakes for breakfast. Dad reckons Jonathan is considering proposing to her because of the cakes. The island is very nice and we hired some bicycles and rode to some ruins from the Neolithic period (dunno what centuries) through to Byzantium times (the middle ages). Dad, Jonathan and I then rode to a neighbouring village with a view to Athens which was a very nice ride and had some great views. Tomorrow we are crossing over to the Peloponnese (an almost-island part of Greece where Sparta, Mycenae and Corinth are) and, on the advice of someone we met on the island who comes from Sparta, are going to Corinth, Olympus and Mycenae, but not Sparta which, contrary to what Mum and Dad thought, does actually have some ancient ruins. I am posting this from an internet Cafe because the hotel doesn’t have Wi-Fi and I might not be able to post stuff because there is no guarantee of Wi-Fi in other places we might stay.
Ironic moment of the day (Sunday 21st): There are some horse and cart rides on the island and Gemma said, jokingly, I would do anything, even vomit twice, to get a ride. Poor Gemma proceeded to vomit three times and so earned a horse ride later in sympathy.
Posted at 6:14pm Greek time.
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