Still on Crete, can’t seem to leave just yet…. !!!

Left Anidri last Friday and spent the night in Paleochora.  Those of us that were still around met up for dinner that night and a few drinks.. more goodbyes were said and a few more tears…  we all realised it would be tough saying goodbye at the end, but not that tough!

Saturday morning and off back up to Hania, with 3 friends from the circus and one further friend following on his motorbike.  We hung out for the day in Hania, shopping.. well I tried to shop but was in full fever stage of a cold, so just wondered around shivering and gazing at shops.  I took one friend to the boat, but it was so windy the boat didn’t sail that night!

And then Sunday morning we were down to two.. . just Panos and I.  We hung out by the harbour watching the huge waves and wondering if the boat would sail that night (it did).  Then we met up with lovely friends Gina and Pete (from Reading who are living here for a couple of years), for lunch and we happened to bump into Katie and Martin from the circus, so a little mini reunion was enjoyed.

I’ve been staying with Gina and Pete since Sunday and sharing my cold with them, which is obviously very kind of me!  We’ve been talking about everything under the sun, playing great music and getting a few things sorted out with the van and I think I am ready to drive back to the UK… ahhhhh….. so I am going to attempt to get the boat tonight back to Athens, though if the wind picks up again, we may not sail!   

I am very excited about the journey home and wonder how long it will take as I am going to visit friends along the way from the circus.  First stop Athens, where there are a few lovely folk, so that could take a while and then France and/or Switzerland, London and finally Reading…..