Anghistri here we come!

For the very first time we are flying with Easyjet this year. We have booked three weeks at the Hotel Boulas in Megalohori. We had intended this year to visit France by car but, by the time our health improved earlier in the year all places we had saved in Favourites were booked up! So we called Christos and booked in at the Boulas again.
We have been visiting Anghistri since our first time in 1988 and again for the first time we plan to take the hydrofoil to Piraeus and then the Metro to the Acropolis Museum which we understand is a wonderful place to go.
These days our health is not of the very best order and so we are careful as to how we can get about. Pauline has bursitis and I suffer from COPD. This can seriously limit our flexibility in getting around. However, one person I can count on being able to help is Taki, my great friend in Megalohori, who hires motor scooters. I shall talk to him and he will select a scooter suitable, not just for me, but also for Pauline.
These days, Taki also owns the only filling station on the island. So I shall get my fuel from him and when this happens we disappear into the office and he treats me to a Greek coffee! We then reminisce about how long we have known each other and what Taki has been doing in the winter months, supplying all the islanders with central heating fuel. I will tell him about Anglesey, the island in North Wales where we live.
The exercise we both need for our respective medical conditions is swimming. So we shall be in the hotel swimming pool soon after our arrival! Last year we did this and thought we were swimming in hot soup! Once more our first meal will be at Taverna O Fotis where we shall be greeted like long lost relatives by Fotis, his wife Katerina and daughter Vassu. As we get our first shopping at Supermarket Nontas we shall be greeted by Irene and Theo who own the business.
Taking a holiday in Anghistri is like returning to our home village to be greeted by those we have known a long time. Later we shall take a ride to Skala and the Quattro Bar and get a welcome from Alyson who works there. In the evening our choice will be Taverna Toxotis where our old friend Spiro will be in charge as usual, telling us that his son is now the boss! What a story!!!
We love to meet all our old friends and shop with them. Each morning I take a walk into the village to buy bread from Vangelis, the baker. Each time he asks, "Soft White?" and I nod. He knows which bread we like best. Whenever we take the Aegean Dolphins hydrofoil we see Kiriakos who describes our Samsonite luggage as "four wheel drive!" Kiriakos is an Anghistri man who is married to Diane, a French Canadian who used to run a travel agency in Anghistri. It was Diane who arranged our trip to Crete a few years ago whilst we were staying in Anghistri.
So many, many friends we see whenever we go back. Little wonder that lst year whilst seeing everyone safely from the hydrofoil, Yannis Logothetis greeted us by saying "Welcome home!" A welcome to Anghistri is the most sincere welcome we know!