{"id":2441,"date":"2013-10-10T12:15:40","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T12:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=2441"},"modified":"2017-07-02T20:03:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T20:03:07","slug":"wednesday-9th-october-2013-today-i-took-the-plunge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=2441","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday 9th October 2013 &#8211; TODAY I TOOK THE PLUNGE &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; and ended up in the sea. Not for long because it isn&#8217;t all that warm in October, but I was in the sea all the same. I was out for a walk in the early afternoon and came across Trixi, Glynis and Helen having a swim from the beach.<\/p>\n<p>By the time that I came back with my cozzy they were ready for a coffee and so we tottered off to a caf\u00e9, and when they left to go back up to Rosy&#8217;s, I took the plunge.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from being freezing cold and the sea bed being all pebbly, it&#8217;s quite a curious sensation being surrounded by an enormous shoal of little fish. I was wondering whether they might be piranhas or something equally devastating. Knowing my luck so far, nothing would surprise me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.erichall.eu\/images\/1310\/1310231.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.erichall.eu\/images\/1310\/1310231.jpg\" alt=\"roman harbour ruins agkistri saronic gulf greece\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\"\/><\/a>You can see in this photo just how clear and clean the water is, but that&#8217;s not why I took this photo.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the cylindrical wall just in the foreground, and in the rock shelf behind it stretching out into the sea, they have all of the appearance of Roman maritime concrete, if you ask me. And of course, that would not be surprising for during a couple of hundred years the Romans were the masters in this part of the world and building a harbour on the island would not be an unexpected piece of construction.<\/p>\n<p>And apart from that, I&#8217;m yoga-ing, singing, and eating and sleeping well. I can&#8217;t fault the food that I&#8217;m receiving and whilst the room might be small, it&#8217;s one of the most comfortable beds I&#8217;ve ever slept on.<\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style1 like-2441 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='2441' data-nonce='252ca423b8' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-2441 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style1 unlike-2441 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='2441' data-nonce='252ca423b8' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Unlike' \/><span class='unlc-2441 unlc'>-26<\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class='status-2441 status align-left'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; and ended up in the sea. Not for long because it isn&#8217;t all that warm in October, but I was in the sea all the same. I was out for a walk in the early afternoon and came across Trixi, Glynis and Helen having a swim from the beach. 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