When Luke and Ingrid visited Elounda they asked Ronnie to paint some pictures of Spinalonga as it would have looked eighty years ago. This she did and when the pictures were presented to Eirini she was delighted.
They brought back memories for her of the various traumatic and happy events in her life. To pass the time she decides to write her memories down, starting from when she was a young village girl, followed by the long sea voyage to Australia that was forced on her by her parents.
Once in Australia she had to learn a new language and become accustomed to life in a town that was used primarily for the export of live cattle or their meat. Having found work in one of the numerous bars she decides to marry a man that she hardly knows.