5 Days on the road in
small houses with wheels and endless gardens
By:Amaia
After 10 days with a wonderful big family I decided to take some
time off and join to " En route ... les enfants " to travel together
around the Peloponnese, at the last moment our friend Lina also decided to join
us.
Our trip started on a Saturday morning, “I woke up with the left
foot” as Lina had to knock on my door given that the night before I forgot to
set the alarm ........, as my mother would say "happy nights difficult
mornings". To this I would add that it wasn’t a difficult morning but one
in a hurry: I had a quick shower, put on some clothes and food in the backpack
while Lina and Alexandra were chanting my name to tease me.
We joined the rest of the family that of course were all ready for
our trip in direction Ghiainova Lagoon where we stopped around 12:30 to first
of all find a nice place to eat, as our little family members needed to fill
their little stomachs. This time we stopped at a wonderful beach to eat and
become evil pirates in search of a great treasure in Greek waters. Our crew was
French, Lithuanian and Spanish part and the boats were taken in Greece.
Afterwards we had to find a nice place to set up our houses on wheels. Once
settled, some had a nap or studied and some others went for a walk to
investigate the area with the beautiful lagoon. We wondered if we would be
lucky enough to see flamingos. After a long walk we returned back home with our
new garden, the pressure cooker started working again, we had soup and went to
bed. The first night I opted for sleeping in Edgar (the big blue truck).
The journey continues with the rhythm of the sun. We woke up early
to have breakfast in our wonderful garden in a nice sunny day, ummmmmmmmmmmm
Greece is always in eternal spring! Some had coffee, other hot chocolate or
tea, rye bread, honey and butter. After getting some energy our journey begins
again: we got the vehicles prepared, heated up the engines and 1, 2, 3 on road
!
The Walky talky was fundamental for our communication. Edgar “the
adventurer” went first to facilitate progress to then I Veko and the large old
Bus. Of course besides singing the curves and the cars we took advantage of the
walkie talky to tease the others hihihihihi…
It was time to stop again on the road, as it was time for the
pressure cooker to work with its splendour and exquisite silver steam
announcing the arrival of the food. Our stomachs were full and ready for another
walk, a nap or a little bit of work and study. After discovering new places it was
time to play cards with our cocktail of languages: a lot of English, half
French, a quarter Spanish, Lithuanian and a hint of Greek.
The route continued to investigate wonderful places in the
Peloponnese from Kiparasia with its fantastic Castle, Nafplio and its great
fishing port where we woke up with a fish market with products straight from
the sea. There was also the magical Palea Epidavros where we discovered an
amazing beach full of hedgehogs waiting and we were greeted by two fantastic dolphin
friends.
In this paradise surrounded by orange, lemon and mandarin trees we had
the surprise visit of two other French friends. The French colony began to grow
with their magic smiles and their UE UE UE (which would mean something like
Yes, yes, yes). At this point the family was divided: Edgar decided to keep its
members in the wonderful place and the old Bus needed to move a little bit the
engine with I Veco to approach Korinthos and catch our bus back to
Kalamata. Our trip came to an end and its
the hard goodbye…but no,no, it is not a
goodbye, as they say in Casablanca "This is the beginning of a beautiful
friendship”
Emotions, smells , colours, smiles and tears flooded our grateful
hearts after these magical days sharing the road, the shelter, the garden and
the heart !
Thank you my friends
Bon Voyage,
Viva la Vida Nómada.
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