Telltale 100
More kids,
families and fun sailing in October
Is the fact that this is Telltale 100 (!!) worth of
being more special than any of the others? I don't know, but what I do
know is that I had more of my beloved freinds/familes around for the
last month. And that made it worthwile and special.
Leaving Symi and on my way to Kos,
I encountered this weather for a day or two. Not a good prospect, but
it all cleared up.
I first had Anca/Pieter with their two kids Danique
(8) and Marnick (5) onboard for a few days. Seen the fact that the
weather towards the end of October can be tricky in this part of the
Med (one normally is lucky..!) they had taken the very wise decision to
check into a hotel on the island of Kos. I would sail with Sylphe into
Kos and spend a few dasy with them. Going sailing if the weather
allowed, or else spend some time in the hotel sauna, kids club etc.....
it worked out just great as the weather was not all the time great, see
above picture. In the end we managed to spend three glorious, sunny
days and nights on Sylphe, and we hopped over to some of the smaller
islands just north of Kos, Kalimnos and Pserimos. Just blissful heaven
in this time of the year, if the weather cooperates, which it did, as
there is hardly anybody left around. The bars/restaurants are all
slowly closing down and are pretty relaxed and happy that the end of
the season is there.
Anca and Pieter enjoying the sail into kalimnos cave. while the kids
are trying the boom as a vantage point.
The anchorage in pserimos becomes better with a beautiful girl in the
front, don't you agree?
And to Marnick, the BIMBO was still scary, so Pieter volunteered to
accompany him. What else does one have a father for........
No comment, it clearly was a holiday......
The island of Pserimos offers one of these rare and unique real sandy
beaches in greece. So the kids took advantage, helped by pieter and
Roland to build a huge sandcastle.
Once again, I have been extremely lucky this year. Commercially
speaking a disaster, but who cares, if in the mean time one can do the
things that are really important in life: I enjoyed serious quality
time with my beloved ones. They all took the effort to come out and
spend time on Sylphe and with me. And all the kids........ they just
love it, even if some of those kids are now 40 years old.
AHOY,
Roland
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