What the Greeks don't have...

October 29, 2009 9:08 PM

The first job of today is to fulfil a shipping order for my Mum who has requested a variety of goods be packed into my Dad's suitcase for export over to the Greek Islands as there is a distinct lack of these tresured tidbits where the sun shines and the sea is blue.

Before we get stuck into Mum's list, Dad and I head over to the furniture shop where the chair we had ordered has arrived and is waiting for us to pick it up. Luckily it came semi-flat packed meaning it fitted into the boot just fine. We then went to get dad a Saw, as apparently you just can't get them in Greece for love nor money.

With our errands done we then go to the supermarket to get Mum's many items, including baby clothes (don't ask), cheese, karvol capsules and razors. Dad also picks up a bottle of calvados, though I'm not sure what he's going to do with it! We then go to our local butcher and pick up several KGs of bacon, sausages, black pudding, and a gammon, and also pay a visit to the local fruit and veg store to get swedes and parsnips which it also seems are in short supply in the Med too.

At home we spend a good amount of time trying to re-arrange Dad's case and making sure it wasn't over the limit for his baggage allowance. Not suprisingly there were a number of casualties, lets just say there will be no swede mash or roast parsnips in Lesbos this Sunday!

With the case done and some lunch eaten we then travel down to Guildford and visit Sylvia and Brian. It was quite a difficult afternoon for reasons I won't disclose on here, but after some long chats with Brian we let him rest and Sylvia, Dad and I go out for an early dinner to their local Italian where we had a nice enough meal.

It was quite late by the time I started back on the road to get home and I didn't see my pillow and bed until gone midnight, I will regret it in the morning I'm sure.