Bucket To Greece Volume 15: A Comical Living Abroad Adventure by V.D. Bucket
Author:V.D. Bucket [Bucket, V.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Travel, Greece, Comedy, Adventure
Published: 2022-08-31T22:00:00+00:00
The drive home was uneventful, my two passengers sleeping soundly. Tonibler, worn out from sheer excitement, slept with his head on Dotâs lap while Dot snored softly, half-sozzled from her introduction to the national drink of ouzo.
Chapter 16
Old Friends Reunite
Dropping Tonibler off with Blerta before returning home with Viâs visitor, the Kosovan woman was moved to tears when her son recounted that not only had I treated him to a pair of swim shorts and armbands, I had given him his first swimming lesson.
âI can swim, Mama,â he declared, bouncing up and down on the spot with excitement.
âJust donât think about going in without your armbands until youâve had some more practise,â I said.
âI wonât,â he promised.
âTonibler took to it like a duck to water,â I said to Blerta.
âThatâs an idiom,â Tonibler proudly announced.
Embracing her son, Blerta dropped kisses on the top of his head. As she thanked me profusely for taking Tonibler out for the afternoon, I couldnât help commenting on how much her English had come along since we first met.
âTonibler is teach me,â Blerta revealed.
Not only was Tonibler my star pupil, he was exhibiting excellent skills as a language teacher.
âHe must come along with us next time we go to the beach,â I invited. âTonibler is delightful company.â
âI feel bad. It is the school holiday but Blat and I must work.â
âTerrible bad form of Norman not welcoming the boy while you clean. I will have words next time I see him,â I promised, before driving away.
Pulling up at the house, I rapped on the door to the apothiki, Dot squirming with excitement beside me at the prospect of being reunited with her dear old friend.
âThatâs odd, my mother isnât answering yet her bicycle is here.â
ââAppen Viâs having one of them afternoon siesta things. I remember her saying that wife of yours is quite partial to them.â
âItâs the Greek way,â I said, not wanting Dot to get the ridiculous idea that Marigold was lazy.
âDot. Up here.â
Doing her best fishwife impression, Violet Burke screeched down from my upstairs balcony, solving the conundrum of where she had got to. So much for the sanctity of siesta time.
âVi. Iâm here, Vi,â Dot yelled back.
Leaving me to struggle upstairs with her luggage, Dot practically skipped ahead, colliding with my mother at the top of the stairs. I have to say, for someone with enormously bloated ankles, Vi had made quick work of the distance from the balcony to the door. Considering my mother isnât one to be demonstrably affectionate as a rule, I was surprised to see the two women locked in a firm embrace, Dot almost engulfed by the much larger figure of Violet Burke.
âVi, itâs been forever.â
âDot, itâs that good to see you.â
As the two women reunited, Marigold dragged me through to the kitchen, complaining I was late back.
âI expected you back ages ago, Victor. Iâve been stuck here for hours with your mother. Once sheâd climbed the stairs, she didnât think her feet would make it back down again.â
âI told you that you should have come to the airport with me.
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