Sunday, September 12, 2004
Backgammon, boobs and late check-ins
First off... to all those doubters who thought I could never win at backgammon (Janet and Graham - who sent me personal condolances via email!) please take a look at the scores now! And it should go in the record books that today on the beach Pete refused to play anymore because I was winning too often! Enough gloating (for now!)...
Shortly after finding our salvation in an internet cafe on Ikaria we decided it was time to leave the island (we'd had enough of Vasilis the creepy B&B owner). Sitting in the harbour waiting for the 9pm ferry we realised that the whole island had their timetable backwards as we watched all the shops and restaurants open for business at 7pm (Our guidebook even said in one town the shops opened only from 9pm to 3am - Melissa, PBS - you should go on holiday there). It was like a mini London morning rush hour.
The ferry ride was yucky: 2 hours late departing, sitting outside on the deck in the cold wind and stormy seas. I had to wear my sleeping bag. It's quite amazing that even with sea sickness I managed to win 2 out of 3 backgammon games (oops - sorry; a little more gloating just snuck in there).
Mykonos - It's lovely I hear. Arriving at 2am to find the pension where we had booked locked and unstaffed made the island seems somewhat less than welcoming. It was a toss up between staying up all night or sleeping on the street. In the end we phoned every single hotel in the guide book until after about 20 minutes someone answered. Amazingly he was around the corner. Unfortunately his rooms were double what we had budgeted.
In the light of day Mykonos town was gorgeous - perfect stereotypical Greece. We sat on a bench next to a white stucco church in the harbour and had yogurt and honey for breakfast. Then caught the hover craft to Naxos (where we are now). No time for backgammon on the hovercraft... to busy watching the Greek version of Neighbours.
Naxos is perfect. Beaches full of overweight overtanned middle-aged Swedes... so no 'am I fat in my bikini' traumas... today I even managed to sunbathe topless for the first time in my life. Pete of course was mature about the whole thing (ha!) - I think his obvious distraction at my tomato red boobs (I burn easily) may have helped me win another few rounds of backgammon on the beach. All's fair in love and backgammon.
Shortly after finding our salvation in an internet cafe on Ikaria we decided it was time to leave the island (we'd had enough of Vasilis the creepy B&B owner). Sitting in the harbour waiting for the 9pm ferry we realised that the whole island had their timetable backwards as we watched all the shops and restaurants open for business at 7pm (Our guidebook even said in one town the shops opened only from 9pm to 3am - Melissa, PBS - you should go on holiday there). It was like a mini London morning rush hour.
The ferry ride was yucky: 2 hours late departing, sitting outside on the deck in the cold wind and stormy seas. I had to wear my sleeping bag. It's quite amazing that even with sea sickness I managed to win 2 out of 3 backgammon games (oops - sorry; a little more gloating just snuck in there).
Mykonos - It's lovely I hear. Arriving at 2am to find the pension where we had booked locked and unstaffed made the island seems somewhat less than welcoming. It was a toss up between staying up all night or sleeping on the street. In the end we phoned every single hotel in the guide book until after about 20 minutes someone answered. Amazingly he was around the corner. Unfortunately his rooms were double what we had budgeted.
In the light of day Mykonos town was gorgeous - perfect stereotypical Greece. We sat on a bench next to a white stucco church in the harbour and had yogurt and honey for breakfast. Then caught the hover craft to Naxos (where we are now). No time for backgammon on the hovercraft... to busy watching the Greek version of Neighbours.
Naxos is perfect. Beaches full of overweight overtanned middle-aged Swedes... so no 'am I fat in my bikini' traumas... today I even managed to sunbathe topless for the first time in my life. Pete of course was mature about the whole thing (ha!) - I think his obvious distraction at my tomato red boobs (I burn easily) may have helped me win another few rounds of backgammon on the beach. All's fair in love and backgammon.
// posted by courtney and pete @ 18:24 
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COURTNEY ELIZABETH!!!! Your mother reads this stuff!!
(Way to go on the Backgammon! No holds barred (or is that boobs bared!? when you're beating them at their own game!
Mom
(Way to go on the Backgammon! No holds barred (or is that boobs bared!? when you're beating them at their own game!
Mom
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Pete - I can only assume your performance at backgammon is because of all this naked flesh on view.....
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