Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oia Oia Oia

This morning was a little bit of a rinse, wash, repeat from yesterday with Jess and I getting a bit of work done before the girls were properly awake. They gradually woke up, and poor Olivia was not too well as the sore throat and sniffles she has been travelling with are not improving much. But she did manage to get back to sleep while everyone else was getting on with things. I put some of our dirty clothes into the washing machine and then Lily, Allegra and I went for a little stroll up to the bakery to pick up some lunchables. On our return I realised that I was mistaken as I hung up the washing, I had actually just put it in a machine, as it did not seem very washed. But at least we had some tasty food which we promptly devoured. Then because I was so on the ball I got everything organised for going out today, towels and water shoes in one bag, water, suncream and other stuff in another. I was hugely impressed with myself.
Then we all got suncreamed up and it was time to head off. We were heading to a town called Oia as Lily had found us a place to go where we could swim. It was a bit of a drive but at least we were in air conditioning so that was nice. We got to Oia, parked up and then got one bag out of the car while wondering what exactly had happened to the second bag, which definitely had not made the trip. I think most of us were slightly confused as to exactly who was to blame for this turn of events but very helpfully Jess cleared this up by announcing ‘we all know exactly who is to blame for this, it’s dad’. I was very happy to have that mystery solved. I feel that initially Jess may have been a little upset about this as it meant we had no water and no suncream so we popped into a supermarket to pick some up but when she asked me if we needed a wooden penis bottle opener like the ones that were on sale I realised she was not too bothered.
We then wandered through the town and down towards where we hoped to swim, it was quite a descent and in the heat we were all very aware that at some point we would need to walk back up. There were several photo opportunities on the way down, this is basically the reason for the existence of this town. We got to the bottom and could see that the path to the swimming spot had had a fence constructed to block access due to risk of landslides and also that there was a guard there stopping people from getting past, which greatly disturbed Lily who announced several times that she really wanted to go swimming in that spot. We decided that as we were going to have to walk back up the hill a smoothie was required to replenish energy levels and as we sat there Lily noticed that the guard was no longer at his post. She continued to provide updates as to this status every thirty seconds or so, and in between continued to mention how she really wanted to swim at that spot . While sitting there Jess asked what I had done with the empty water bottle, of the two we had bought earlier. Upon telling her that I had thrown it away she said that this was literally the stupidest thing I could have done as we didn’t have much water. I was forced to remind her of that time I had left the bag containing our water bottles in our accommodation and she was forced to agree with me. Once smoothies were consumed we realised that we had no choice so set off for the path. At the last taverna before the gate, it was about 20 metres away, we saw the guard having a drink and a smoke. He had been so dedicated to his task while standing at the gate but now he was 20 metres away he couldn’t care less apparently and there was a procession of people taking their lives in their hands.
We got to the spot where Lily really wanted to swim and there was also a place where you could jump from a great height into the water, there was some dispute about the exact height, estimates range from 2 to 6 metres, depending on who we are are trying to impress with the story. The girls all went into water for a bit if a swim while Jess and I posted a game of ‘I’ll go in if you go in’, resulting in a tie where neither of us went into. Lily, Ruby and Tate scaled the stairs/rocks to get to the platform where they proceeded to jump in, in reverse order. It was quite frightening to watch, it must have also been quite frightening to do because I reckon it was at least 6 metres high, very impressive they are. Allegra very impressively resisted any temptation to be peer pressured into doing something she didn’t want to do and just chilled in the water. After the jump they all got out and it was time to walk back up the hill. Luckily we still had one bottle of water to help us maintain hydration on this trek.
It was hard work but we eventually made it back to our car and drove home via a supermarket for tonight’s requirements. When we got back it was time for a little rest before another delicious pasta salad was conjured up virtually out of thin air and of course a serving of beer and biscuits as we sit in about a 1m square circle on a very uncomfortable terrace under a starlit Greek night sky.もっと詳しく