Woke up with quite a headache after the nightmare of the previous night, not feeling like a very happy nanny. It was ten  when I opened my bleary eyes, and when Nikos woke up some minutes later and started moaning ans screaming for every little thing, I clutched my ouzo soaked brain between my hands and tried to ignore him. Not easy! We left Livadi just after eleven, and when Nikos fell asleep shortly after, I stretched my tired body out on a deck lounger and slept  until the shouts and sounds on the busy harbour we were docking at woke me up.Felt a lot better, and when Nikos woke up half an hour later, he was also in a much better mood!We were now at Sifnos, and docking at Kameros. From the yacht the island looked desolate and mountainous, but the village was buzzing, and I smiled broadly when given the rest of the afternoon off to explore. There was a number of interesting shops and buildings, and a number of pottery workshops which produced lovely pottery wares. Then we all went for dinner, where Yannis again ordered a lot of dishes that we shared so that I could taste them all. They were really two wonderful people!
We all had an early night, and the next morning we took the bus up to the island's capitol, Apolonia. I was pleasantly surprised as the road leading up to the town was beautiful, the most astonishing valleys unfolded with every turn in the steep road.Lots of small white churches dotted the landscape, as well as the prettiest windmills that looked quite out of place, as I could not think that there was water beneath that scorched land! Apolonia was one of the most beautiful towns I have seen so far, although it lay sprawled out over three hillsides. Because of the many levels it had a lot of terraces, and also a lot of walls, built for protection against pirates and other unfriendly seafaring visitors.My legs were severely taxed by the steepness of the very narrow roads, and I was happy when we sat down for a bite.We had a lovely lunch looking down on the Aegian far below, where the boats in the harbour, and the  ones anchored along the coastline, coupled with the tiny colourfull dots of the sunbather's umbrellas on the beach, made a breathtaking picture.I realised suddenly that I had not given a lot of thought to my empty nest the last few days, there just was NO time!