Half Way

Wednesday arrives and marks half way through the holiday.  No sunburn by this stage is a good thing and I can start to reduce how much suncream I am putting on.  Need to get this tan showing for returning home.  It's to be another quiet day, and the last quiet day of the holiday.  We spend some time around the pool, reading, relaxing.  Junior is about to play with her friend for an hour or two then they are off out.  Junior looks ratehr disappointed with the realisation that she has her parents for company.  We play for a while, then it's time to think about lunch.  We decide a little exploration is in order.

We head off southwards walking along the beach.  We don't know what we will find but fully expect to find a taverna or two.  It's amazing how the shoreline changes, and how quickly.  Suddenly there's masses of seaweed.  Then the water is clear again but rocky, and loads of sea urchins.  Then sandy again.  All this within a 20 minute walk.  We pass a taverna but it doesn't grab our attention.  Next ahead of us we see a hotel and we will have to walk through their grounds.  This seems unlikely to be a problem, it's all fairly relaxed here.  But oh no, what's this?  We're going to get arrested for stalking if we aren't careful.  Because sitting around the pool is Juniors friend and her family.  We remember that they said they had found a hotel with a nice pool - and it is, crystal clear water rather than the murky attempt at our hotel.  This must be where they had found.  Junior want's to stop for lunch here - no surprises there then.  But the adults of the expeditionary party want to find a taverna not a hotel.  So onwards we trek with a slightly despondent Junior. 

Then we come across another taverna, right on the sea front.  It looks just what we were after.  So we settle ourselves down for another nice, and inexpensive meal.  Junior doesn't enjoy hers so much, partly because she doesn't seem to like Greek food as much as Spanish food, and partly because she wants to be with her friend.

After lunch we wander back to our hotel and the rest of the day is spent around the pool and the beach.  More reading, more relaxing.  Ice cream milk shakes, beer, cherry juice.  Ah, life is hard.