Hot, hot, hot.
Serafina
Rob & Sarah Bell
Sun 26 Jul 2009 15:59
Woke up to a very still and warm morning. Sarah had decided that she wanted
to climb up to the castle (and clearly I would not be joining her) to take
photos of the view and deemed that first thing would be the coolest time, so
she jumped into the dinghy and whizzed off. The castle is fairly impressive
- even more so at night when it is lit courtesy of a wealthy ex-pat American
woman (who also built the hospital). Sarah met a voluble Iranian woman from
Australia visiting her daughter now living on Limnos who was full of stories
about the castle, including the information that there is apparently a
tunnel carved out of the (volcanic) rock linking it to the other hill beyond
the town. But the highlight of her day was finding a tortoise on the way
up and seeing the wild deer (very Bambi-esque).
After breakfast she returned into town to enjoy some retail therapy amongst
the bikini shops and jewellers, a trip that yielded at least one possibility
in the form of some gold earrings (these may turn out to be the planned 50th
birthday present!). She had not actually bought them at this point, but they
had been put aside for me to view with Sarah in a visit this evening.
Not a breath of wind today and a blazing sun that must have pushed the
temperature very high indeed. Had to make several trips into the sea between
us to stay cool and Sarah cleaned up our waterline. We went ashore in the
early evening to have a drink and use the internet and on returning to
Serafina we deemed that we would be wise to take advantage of the space that
had become available on the quay in order to be well placed when the
forecast 30+ knot winds arrive tomorrow. So we quickly upped anchor and
calmly reversed into promising looking spot. The quay is dusty and gritty
and so we will have that to contend with, but hopefully no concerns about
dragging anchors (our or others) in the night.