
I went to find a photo to add to today and then 30 minutes later I was in folders 20 years ago. This one is literally 20 years ago in 2005, when I went to Greece on some dolphin conservation volunteering thing. It was me, a young couple and an old aussie. We’d go out on a boat each morning and count various things to do with dolphins swimming in the sea. I remember we mostly just wanted to take photos but were meant to be recording stuff. Then we’d come in, have lunch and then do whatever you wanted in the afternoon. This was some tiny island and so there wasn’t much to do. Don’t really remember what I did. We took it in turns to make dinner each night. Think my night was a disaster. I was trying to do dauphinoise potatoes but forgot it was milk and used water…it was interesting. I then got a taxi across to Athens and took the high speed Catamaran to Crete where I met my parents for their holiday. I was sharing tehe taxi with the young couple and they got off on the way. The driver took out all the bags from the boot and drove off. The lady then started shouting at him and he turned around and went back. Turns out he’d taken my bag out as well and left it on the side of the road. In Athens I had to get the bus to Piraeus to get the ferry. Except I couldn’t remember the name of it exactly, and so when buying a ticket I kept saying all sorts of other Greek sounding P words. I managed, and then found the ferry, and met my parents at the other side. I don’t remember what phone I had, but it sure wasn’t a modern iPhone with Maps and 5G.