Visitors together...

Routine goes out of the window when there are visitors so we normally keep Sundays free for Mum and Dad but with two lots of visitors here we are struggling to fit everything in.  We had planned a lovely quiet day around the pool with Barry, Lynne and Joseph (who we have managed to meet up with for the past four years) so we were up and tidying to get the place looking nice for them.  They have seen so many changes over the years and they always like to see what has happened since their last visit.

Just found this picture of the very first time they came back in 2011... I think it looks a bit different!!

Best laid plans and all that - peace was shattered when a threshing machine pitched up next door to thresh the large piles of grain that have been left drying there - what with that and it being the first day of the hunting season we were doomed to failure!  We managed to drown out most of the noise with some ambient music from the I-pod (which Joseph immediately changed for Now That's What I Call Music 91 on his arrival!)

Happy days with the Robsons - all looking fit and well with Joseph growing at a rate of knots and soon to move up to senior school - he is such a great lad as he needs no real entertaining as long as there is the pool, the cats and his Ipad he is happy as Larry.  We always look forward to their visits and generally have a right old laugh with some story or another reoccurring during their stay which causes us all to have a fit of the giggles. 

Our passion flower is in full bloom at the moment and looks absolutely stunning even though it is only the common one and there are others (Elaine has a couple in her garden) that are even more attractive.  Barry was particularly taken by it and I was explaining that it is a very symbolic but couldn't remember exactly what each part of the flower represents so have looked it up...

...each part of the flower holds symbolic meaning in recognition of the crucifixion story - the passion of the Christ. Five sepals and five petals refer to the ten faithful apostles (excluding Judas and Peter). Three stigma represent the three nails that held Christ to the cross, while five anthers represent his five sacred wounds. The tendrils of the flower are said to resemble the whips used in the flagellation, while the filaments, which can number in excess of a hundred depending on the flower, depict the crown of thorns.

We decided to eat down at Latchi, taking a drive through the village and showing them the sites - the village coffee shops and museum, the Droushia Heights Hotel, the Spa and Aunty Friday's impressive house.  We chose to eat at Yiallos on the beach which is such a beautiful setting - Lynne reminds me how lucky we are to be able to do this sort of thing any time we want and that people like them pay a lot of money just to experience this for two weeks a year.  She is right sometimes we take this very much for granted and we will endeavour to make more of it in the future because we can!!