This morning, yiayia woke up bright and early to drive to Athens and pick up her mom and her brother for a visit (they don't have a car). Papou appeared on our doorstep shortly after we were up and dressed, and we walked down to get some coffee together.
Shortly after noon, yiayia returned with her family. We had a long, delicious lunch at one of the tavernas right there on the beach (between our two apartments). Then we went back to yiayia and papou's apartment to visit for a bit before yiayia took them over to her mom's summer home, where the two planned to spend the night. I took this right before they left:
Sadly, Yiayia Maria didn't recognize her summer home at all. :( It's been a few years since she's been there, and she's been having memory troubles, but yeah... she didn't remember it. And the place is in need of some serious TLC. The whole thing was very sad.
That evening, we swung by the summer house so that the kids could see it, then we picked them up and headed to dinner in Nafplio. Before we ate, papou insisted on buying the kids various light-up toys from the gypsies on the platia. I especially like these flying-disc things. They are so cool!
It was a later night for us, and the kids were falling asleep on the drive home-- the sign of another full day in Greece!
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