For continuity you may read the Gail stories by date in the Loving Wives section. If you have not read a previous posting I’ll tell you what we look like. Firstly, this is all real. I’m 5’10, just turned 32, brown hair and eyes and in reasonably trim shape. I met my wife while in university and we are married eight years now. Gail is exceptionally beautiful and very shy, which belies her intelligence and soft spoken manner. She is 5’7” with a young girls figure at 30, small hips, long very shapely legs, small breasted, a picture perfect behind, light brown hair that blondes in the sun and just the loveliest large green eyes.
This story is a continuation of our holiday and last posting, Gail Dives with Richard.
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We arrived in Athens at 10.20, actually some minutes ahead of schedule, and we headed directly for our Rhodes flight. During the flight we were offered newspapers, and I choose the Nice Matin, the main Nice newspaper. In spite of my poor French I understood the many reports of crime on the Cote d Azur. I was surprised because in the years we had been going there, we never saw any indication of crime. I mentioned it to Gail, and she looked up from her magazine. “It won’t matter. France is still the only catwalk for the celebrities to prance on. It will always be popular.” In some matters, I thought, Gail was so gifted at bringing things into perspective.
Gail had worn dark blue shorts and a white Fila polo shirt. Her hair had colored clips and her makeup was light. Her heel strap flat shoes highlighted her long legs, and wherever we walked in the airport she attracted attention.
We cleared Greece immigration and customs, and, with some time to kill, meandered toward our Rhodes flight departure gate. When we boarded we were both excited that we would be meeting our Italian friends, Gabriella and Giancomo as soon as we landed.
The Rhodes was typical of old airports , appealing in that it seemed to offer more personalized service and operated at a relaxed pace. As we walked into the main hall Gabriella and Giancomo were there, waving the minute they saw us, Gabriella calling, “Gail, Gail”. Giancomo and I hugged, patted each others back and ranted on about how pleased we were to see each other. Gabriella and Gail were hugging, laughing, and chatting incessantly for five minutes, the two girls standing in the way of passengers trying to pass us, attracting onlookers, most of which were tourists.
Standing a few feet away, I couldn’t resist turning to look at the girls and to take in Gabriela’s beauty. How attractive they looked, standing there talking, oblivious to everyone’s gaze. Gabriela was dressed in her usual khaki shorts, with a pale green pocket front shirt that buttoned down the front. I noticed a hint of dark shading showing through her shirt on the side opposite her pocket. She looked so poised and elegant, her long legs tapered to simple brown leather sandals, her toenails painted red. I noted that Gail painted her nails the same bright color, and wondered which of the two started it first.
We had our luggage in fifteen minutes and we followed Giancomo outside the terminal where a taxi was waiting to take us to Mandraki Harbour, and the hydrofoil to Symi. The girls were standing good twenty or so feet away, as Giancomo and I struggled with the luggage with little help from the porter. We boarded the hydrofoil and began our forty some odd kilometer journey to this enchanting island, for what was to be one of the nicest, and most relaxing holiday we have had.
On the approach to the island we had a feeling that here, time stood still. An island with few cars, elegant harbours, beautiful beaches, and a mountainside full of attractive houses and small winding roads that, for some reason, made me think of the travels of Paul the disciple.
De-boarding the ferry was an item in itself. Everyone jostling, weaving between the crowd to greet friends. We finally identified our greeter, there were two, an older man, and a teenager who took charge of the entire luggage, and refused to allow me to carry my own computer bag. They had arranged two of the few taxis on the island, we piled into one, and they loaded our luggage and followed in the other.
When wound our way up the hill, past ancient and colorful houses, until we were at the crest of this small mountain. The house was actually a catacomb of tunnels, gardens, and two houses, with the main house covering three levels. The old man led us in and through the main house starting on the entrance floor where there was a kitchen, dining room and huge porch.
We went a level below which had an attractive apartment with full bath, a terrace with a table where one could eat, and it opened on the garden. We went up to the top floor and the master bedroom, which ran the full length of the house. Here you could look out at the sea, and even see Turkey in the distance. Giancomo suggested, “You take this room.”
Gail immediately exclaimed, “No, I prefer…we prefer the room downstairs.”
“Let’s throw a coin,” Giancomo said.
“No,” Gail insisted, “we are taking the apartment downstairs.”
We all gave in. Gabriela looked at me and smiled, flirting playfully she said for all to hear, “You can come up to look at the sea any time you want to.”
Before the old man left he introduced us to the lady who would prepare our meals while we were here, and then he said, “Another people stay in the front house…from America.”
We settled in with our luggage and were unpacked in minutes, then we wandered the garden, and looked out the windows at the sea on one side and a steep valley on the other side.
A half hour later we all met on the entrance level where the cook showed us where the drinks were kept. Giancomo opened the chest and found a few local brands. We chose Ouzo mixed with warm bottled water and the cook made it drinkable when she brought us a bowl of miniature ice cubes. We had been advised earlier that there was no water on Symi, everything was shipped in, and only bottled water was for drinking.
We were thrilled with the accommodations but Giancomo commented, “It takes me back in time, reminds me of my first holiday.”
Gabriella was less critical, “We’ll find places to have fun, and I’ve got a few names my friends suggested. But I am still amazed that he is here,” and she looked at Gaincomo, rather affectionately, I thought.