If I knew what was waiting for me next morning I would have: a] Played very ill or dead or  --b] Took the ferry back to Pereaus the previous night. Woke up fresh and rested to a beautiful day, made Nikos and myself a good breakfast, then sat on the deck reading 'The Three Billygoats Gruff' for the hundreth time, and watched as we passed the most lovely small beaches.We were on our way to Flambouria bay, where I was assured would be no crowd of sunbathers as there was no road to it,  and only accessable by boat.
But then disaster struck! I was told to get Nikos and self ready for swimming, so I did and packed the usual beach bag. My body was starting to look a little better, as all the running after Nikos was making me shed weight fast, and the red had turned to a reddish brown. I was waiting at the dingy when Dorah said: 'No, no, you will swim in the sea today!' 'Where in the sea?' croaked I, now a bitty alarmed as Nikos was perching dangerously on the metal step at the back of the Yacht! Yannis then explained to me that I will have to dive from the step into the bally ocean, and I started hyperventilating! Badly! I peered into the water to see if I could detect any man eating monsters, but only large schools of tiny fish were swimming around. But that did not convince me, and I told them that I will not go in and be eaten by sharks! There was a lot of laughter as Yannis laughingly told the captain what I said! More laughter, and then Yannis said that there had never been any sharks in the Aegian sea! By now my heart was gallopping like a runaway horse, as I noticed how mountains of water was shoos-shoosing underneath the yacht, and I saw in my mind's eye how poor me would be pulled underneath and drown! Was now shaking like a half set jelly!
That is when the child decided to dive in, and the Parents looked at me with stern, off you go; faces, and I hyperventilated a bit more, and saw my whole life playing off in my mind in two seconds, then I closed my eyes tightly and sort of fell off the step! Luckily I have very porous bones, and when I shot up from the bottom of the ocean like a piece of cork after some scary seconds, The whole family started clapping, and I pinched myself, just to make sure that I was actually still alive!Then swam to the step and hung on for dear life while Nikos urged me in a shrill voice to swim with him and I thought of my kids at home who could lose their mummy in the blue-blue Aegian!