Today we got the anti-fouling painted on. And if you aren’t familiar with anti-fouling paint, it is nasty stuff. The kind we are using is a self-polishing which releases ‘biocide’ in the water. Basically, its purpose is to kill anything that tries to attach itself or grow on the bottom of your boat. So the last thing you want to do is breathe it or get it on your skin. And this stuff was THICK! It was like painting the boat with toxic chocolate pudding…in a clown suit.
Despite being pretty tired and really wanting to just spend a quiet evening on the boat, we headed to Missing Link to watch a soccer game with our friend, Uli and his wife, who were back from Germany. We should have stayed at home because we probably weren’t the best company. The meal was awful (weird, because it is usually super fantastic), the Germany vs. Spain game was a complete bore and anti-climatic. And then we had to yell at the dolmus drive to SLOW DOWN as he was practically skidding off the road passing the dolmus in front of him on what seemed like a blind corner (now that was called for). You can say that our tolerance is quickly diminishing and it was showing. I kept hearing our friend Amy saying “build a bridge” which she says to her 2 and 4 year olds. It’s good advice.
Despite being pretty tired and really wanting to just spend a quiet evening on the boat, we headed to Missing Link to watch a soccer game with our friend, Uli and his wife, who were back from Germany. We should have stayed at home because we probably weren’t the best company. The meal was awful (weird, because it is usually super fantastic), the Germany vs. Spain game was a complete bore and anti-climatic. And then we had to yell at the dolmus drive to SLOW DOWN as he was practically skidding off the road passing the dolmus in front of him on what seemed like a blind corner (now that was called for). You can say that our tolerance is quickly diminishing and it was showing. I kept hearing our friend Amy saying “build a bridge” which she says to her 2 and 4 year olds. It’s good advice.
I'm going to try that "build a bridge" line on my 4 and 6 year old. That's a good one. Thanks for keeping up the blog. I am envious of your adventure away from the boat. I'm glad you got to have a taste of what it will be like when you are once again travelers. Susan
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