Port McNeill

We flew back to Vancouver on Tuesday and yesterday I came to the boat in Port McNeill. Sheila is staying in Vancouver for a few more days before joining Ancient Murrelet. The weather was cool and wet, but from today on it should get warmer and the sun is supposed to shine. A bit of a shock after our time in Greece.

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Athens

We are spending a couple of days in Athens with our friends. Great city and the weather continues to be hot and sunny.

Ύδρα

We are spending a few days on the island of Hydra in the Saronic Gulf. This is much busier than Poros and a well known tourist destination. This weekend is Greek Pentecost, so it is especially busy with quite a few superyachts in the harbour. We are staying in a nice, quiet hotel, enjoying the walks on the island and excellent seafood.

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Friends in Poros

We flew to Athens today and took the ferry to Poros, an island in the Saronic Gulf. We are meeting some friends here, and enjoyed a wonderful Greek dinner tonight. The daytime temperature is 32 deg Celsius, and the water is about 23. I might have to go swimming tomorrow.

Poros:
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Wieder Spargelessen

Wir hatten eine tolle Zeit in Billund mit den Kindern und Enkeln. Die letzten Tage waren wir wieder in Deutschland, und haben natürlich auch wieder Spargel gegessen. Heute geht es nach Griechenland.

Billund

Day before yesterday we met Jessica and her family and flew on to Billund together. This is the city where Lego is headquartered and we plan to spend a week here. We have already spent a day at Legoland and today the day at Lego House. Now we have to decide what we want to repeat. The weather is cool with an occasional shower, but this is a hardy bunch.

White asparagus

We are back in Germany for a few days, and it is “Spargelsaison” (season for white asparagus). We have indulged a few times in this very German delicacy now, today with some baked salmon and boiled potatoes, wonderful.

Manchester again

We came to Manchester again yesterday to attend the wedding of the daughter of a highschool friend of Sheila’s. Last night we attended the colourful and noisy Mendhi, with lots of dancing (and men were invited too!). The wedding itself happens tomorrow very close to Manchester, so today we visited Jessica and her family. Sheila, Jessica and I went to an escape room this morning, we had to solve puzzles to find gold and coal in a Wild West setting. We managed to escape in 58 minutes. Great fun and a first for Sheila and me.

This afternoon we attended a school party for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with the grandkids, and we even got a bit of sunshine for the occasion. Tonight it is off to our favourite seafood restaurant in the area.

The Wild West gang

Jubilee picnic

Paris

We are spending a few days in Paris, walking a lot and eating well. It was still hot today but a few more clouds than yesterday. Tomorrow we plan to visit the Louvre, where I was last in 1974 and Sheila in 1976 (despite our many visits to the city and me having worked in Neuilly-sur-Seine for a while as a young doctor).

Siegelbach

We came to Siegelbach to visit my parents. My mother was in hospital for a few days, but came back today and is well again. The weather is sunny and hot, like summer. We are enjoying our time visiting and sitting in the garden.