We have a new addition to the crew that joined us this morning before we sailed out of Mytilini… a TV personality in fact! Rita from Italy, who is a news journalist on RAI, an Italian broadcasting network. Boat is getting merrier!
We have since settled in a bay at Ormas Mersinia, Lesvos and have been sitting out on the deck with Moa, gazing at the stars over the last half an hour, and we can even see the milky way really clearly! Very serene actually as we hear the waves lapping against the rocks with no other boats around us. A total contrast from last night’s hustle and bustle of city traffic, and good way for winding down after an exhausting day.
Today is the 1st time I actually felt really exhausted since I started out on my trip. We had been out gathering sea urchins for tonight’s dinner, which was cooked with spaghetti, and I played a more active role than the last time, by staying in the water and being the bag keeper of urchins while Alberto went to pick them up.
Think it is easy? Well picture this…
1st you have to stay in the water the whole time with mask and snorkel so as to keep an eye on where Alberto is, while swimming with only 1 hand since the other is holding the bag of sea urchins.
And then you have to make sure you keep the bag at a distance from you as you wouldn’t want to be pricked by the sea urchins. AND you have to try to swim away quickly after Alberto puts the sea urchin into the bag, so that you don’t prick him with the bag of sea urchins, and also to prevent getting smacked by his flippers when he starts diving down to pick new ones up.
AND you have to make sure you don’t crash against surrounding rocks, especially ones which has sea urchins on them!
We went out twice, each lasting about 40 minutes, as our 1st collection didn’t seem to be sufficient for 5 people even though we collected 1.5 bag full of sea urchins 1st time round. I was so exhausted that I didn’t even have much strength left to climb up the dinghy the 2nd time round!
Time to call it an early night for once!
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