The sun was sinking lower behind the distant mountains, which ran like a spine across the horizon. Umpteen shades of purple, from lilac where they met the sky all the way to deep, regal purple where the sea washed the shores. The sea so lightly turquoise at the edges becoming deep green very quickly.

Swimming was such fun- a heavy swell and waves breaking on the shore in frilly white ruffs. Back and forward across the beach, upheld by very salty water. The Mediterranean Sea has a high salinity point. It has 36 ppt (parts per thousand) It is almost closed to other bodies of water. It tastes more salty than as you other area of water I have experienced. It also bouys the body up on the surface of the water.

I haven’t been in the Mediterranean Sea for many a year and I had forgotten the deep colours that make it so attractive to look at and swim in.

At one point I flipped onto my back and my feet seemed to touch the evening sunbeams where the rays beamed from the cloud and shimmered down like blessings on the gorgeous water.

Who could resist this. Bobbing about like a cork and feeling so free.

“If the Son sets you free, you are free indeed.”

Tomorrow come quickly…