Here is the birthday boy now, with Lenka.
Happy Birthday Demetris! A great time with Demetris friends to help him celebrate.
A final look before we go.
Tres amigos. We had a great day, thanks to Demetris.
As do the Captain and Jenée. Hey wait, "Muskrat, Muskrat ..." I'm getting tingly.
Demetris and Lenka provide a pleasant foreground.
We hustled off the mountain to make a sunset visit to the Rock of Aphrodites. Greek legend has it, this is where she came out of the sea. Aphrodites name was changed to Venus by the Romans. The Romans took all the Greek gods and changed their names. Saves time.
Nice view.
I'm showing Linka the proper technique for an overhand fastball - John Lackey style (Red Sox pitcher). Unfortunately, I walked the side. Linka booed and walk away. That's an inside joke. Oh, how I kill me! Did I mention the Red Sox are looking for a fork to stick themselves with? I love my team. Honest.
The weather was perfect for our tour - very comfortable on the mountain (Trodos).
Demetris getting a little work done while Lenka chats. Demetris took time out from his busy schedule to show us around his beautiful country. It was greatly appreciated.
Great views all around. The peak of Mount Olympus is over 6000 feet. Complete with a nice ski resort - Vittel. Who knew?
Time to head for the mountains of Trodos! We caravan-ed up the hills behind Demetris and ended up in this little village - quite the view.
A great meal after a long day.
Lo and Behold! What a recovery by our sailors. I must admit, they both handled it like troopers. As I explained, it was probably the nastiest 10 hour sail we've had. I forgot to mention the dinghy tow line snapped and we had to perform another rough sea rescue. Fun times.
OK, in this photo we can possibly surmise the following;a) Kathy really feels bad - kinda like she's gonna die
b) Kathy really feels bad - kinda like she can't die soon enough
c) Kathy really feels bad - she just learned of another Red Sox end-of-season collapse. Again.
d) All of the above
I'll go with d.
So, we head out of Larnaca Marina sailing for Lemesos (Limassol) - a 6 hour sail in decent weather. Unfortunately the immigration folks were not ready for us to leave in the morning and we were delayed until 1 PM. Weather forecast looked OK, but it turned out to be a bad idea. The wind whipped up to 40 knots on the nose and 4-6 foot seas, not very comfortable. Did I mention this was the maiden cruise for Jackie and Kathy? The photo above is a seasick Jackie and a seasick Katie. For some reason Katie found it more comfortable to lie on top of a sleeping Jackie. Thanks Jackie.
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