Day 102...

Well we had a lovely evening with Mum and Dad and Jackie and Costas at Gabor's last night even though Costas was a little grumpy as he has given up smoking again!!!  He has done this on regular occasions during the 20 years we have known him!

We used to go to Gabor's quite often a few years ago and then we had a bit of an iffy meal so we havent been for a while.  Now they do a very commendable set menu for €18.  I had whitebait followed by lamb shanks topped off with creme brulee, John had baked camembert with honey and beetroot, chicken in a calvados sauce and creme brulee.  Yummy!!

Jackie is off back to England for her parents diamond wedding anniversary celebrations next week and then we are off for a week for Ellie's wedding so we wont catch up with them again until Dad's 80th meal as they are honorary members of the family.

We took the scenic route back home via Peyia going along past a stretch of coastline that I think they call Banana Bay and I am always stunned by the view whatever the weather.  Today the sea was quite choppy but a fantastic colour.  In general it was much cooler today everywhere - much more pleasant than it has been.

We called in at Trakkos donkey sanctuary to enquire about donkey trekking and to have a drink overlooking the gorge and the grazing donkeys.  We were invited to try the home made honey which was delicious but the cost of two freshly squeezed orange juices was a little expensive.

We were catching up with friends this evening, Simon, Lou, James and Millie.  I met Simon when he was our Blackberry account manager at Porter Dodson.  Simon had previously been in the Navy and John managed to organise a helicopter trip to his children's primary school and that seemed to cement our friendship.

Anyway the Poole family had been out on a boat this afternoon from Latchi so we decided to go down on the scooter to meet them.  The views over Droushia are stunning and we are particularly taken by this little pad - lord knows who lives there but it is ENORMOUS!  John would like to pass it off as our second home but we couldnt even afford one of its solar panels!!

Anyway we got down to the harbour-side and waited for the Poole boat to arrive - as they were coming in about half a dozen of the Latchi Watersports boats were coming in at the same time and berths were in short supply so one of the Watersports guys had to squeeze the Princess Riana into a pretty tight spot which is why Simon isn't at the helm.

It sounds like they had a lovely afternoon and we were interested to know the costs as we are looking at all sorts of activities to offer our visitors when they come over.

It was lovely to catch up with them and what we thought was going to just be a drink ended up being a meal at the Faros restaurant.  It was lovely to be sat at the marine side with the hustle and bustle of holidaymakers.  We will definitely catch up with them again when they are in their second villa in Polis next week.  John is now determined to get the barbeque finished now so that we can ask them over.

The ride back to Droushia in the dark on the bike was ok but really quite chilly particularly as John was wearing a sleeveless top - not anticipating being out so late.  We had intended on calling in to see Mel and Simon as we had spoken to Simon on our way down to Latchi but thought it was a bit late so will see if we can grab them for a coffee tomorrow.