Anotherrrr sea!

The Aegean Sea or however that is spelled in English. Hah! Another sea to sail and wreak havock!!!

Pets?

He slaughtered most of them (see earlier post) but enslaved these two. Just for fun. He got rid of them when it turned they wouldn't bring him his slippers. The joined the pile.

Carry on carrion

Big Fish

Slaughtered

The Pirate slaughtered many a fearsome beast! Arrrrr!

And, of course, the keys

to the banana plantation, so to speak.

The monkey and the banana plantation

a.k.a. the Pirate and the winery

Oh gods...

... no literally: Oh Gods! That is Mount Olympus behind that layer of clouds. :-)
(I am sorry, the camera phone did not pick that up properly. But it is there!)

Greece!

Here in the quiet back streets of Thessaloniki... Correct that: in the formerly quiet back streets because then the Pirate came along. So much for quiet.

Shooting game

We're having pheasant tonight. Yum!

Zoo: shoulder parrot

"Does this parrot make me look fat?"

Peep!

Pirate! Don't peep into other people's stalls!!!!

Sunday morning

We went swimming. I thought that was harmless enough. That he as a pirate would be an excellent swimmer. And that he couldn't do much damage that way.

Turned out you are not allowed to swim with your hat on. And the Dread Pirate's hat STAYS ON!
Sheesh.

Huh. Huh. Huh.

The Pirate does hiphop.
The Pirate does live band.
The Pirate does everything!

Holy sh-t!

The Pirate is in TROUBLE!

We always thought the sirens would do him in. We just didn't think they would eat him.

Celebrity sighting!

In fact it was a two-way celebrity encounter. On the one hand there was the Dread Pirate of course. On the other there was Texas radio host Sara Hessel.

Now you guess who was more excited. ;-)

(It was great to see you again Sara. x)

Geocrash

- Pirate?
- Yep! What?
- Pirate I have a confession to make. I screwed up.
- Ah that's okay lass, we all screw up sometimes. Some more than others of course...
- Yeah. Well.
- Honestly, whatever it is! Spit it out! Relieve your heart! Share!
- Sheesh Pirate, you seem like a different man these days.
- I am! Been readin' me some self-help stuff. Gotta get in touch with me feelin's!
- Whuh? You? Why?
- Ahahaaa! The wenches of course. Them likes 'm all wimpy, see?
- Right. Of course.
- So what was so horrible for you to tell me?
- Um. Remember last Saturday when I was away and didn't put you in my bag so you were just lying there in my other bag?
- Took a snooze. I remember that. So?
- I kind of went geocaching. Without you. In a kick-ass trench in an old war zone. Fire arms pits and all. It was pretty cool.
- ...
- Pirate?
- [APOLOGIES, THE ENSUING STRING OF WORDS IS NOT SUITABLE FOR PRINT. NOT EVEN ON THE INTERNETS. AND THAT IS SAYING SOMETHING]
I think the Pirate is really in touch with his feelings now.

Loot!

Muahahaaa! Mine! Aaaall mine!

A quiet day

Incidentally, the Pirate just heard today that he might be going to Italy this Summer. Woot!

Where to next?

The Pirate has slept off his Queenly hangover by now. He was restlessly rummaging around in my bag. I fished him out and said "What is wrong Pirate? Why so restless?" He sighed.
"Oh," he said, scratching his beard, "it's nothing."
"Oh okay," I said and began putting him back in my bag.
"No wait!" he said, urgently. "I am restless because I need a new adventure! Something worthwile. Something to sink my teeth into!"
"Right." I sighed too. "I am sorry Pirate," I told him, "I am not going on faraway travels or anything I can take you along for some time. We can go to Greece in a few weeks but that is about it."
He patted my arm. "That's okay," he said "you have the Little Crew to take care of. I understand." I looked at him with surprise. "What?" he asked "I can be understanding you know!"
I had to admit I didn't see that coming. So he sulked for a bit and then we talked about what we could do for a bit of fun. We made a list. Then we decided to strike out and also take request from our appreciative audience.

What would you like to see the Pirate do next?

Double Tall Extra Hot, Hold the Weapons!

Ha! This brokeback barista is no match for Maurading Marie!!! Stir sticks be damned!

Behold!

The Dread Pirate Gavroche's Ambassador of Adventure: The Mighty Maurading Marie! While the Dread G is sailing the seas of The Rest of the World, Maurading Marie is taking on the sunny shores of CaliforniYAY!

On guard!