Kali Strata thought
I just had a look at a couple of photos I took yesterday on my way to Yialos and back and realised that three of them are rather stone dominated. That made me ask, how many individual stones are there on the Kali Strata do you suppose? I have heard many people say that Symi isn’t the best place for a children’s holiday – as we’re not your typical seaside, all-inclusive, waterpark type holiday destination, and people say there’s nothing for children to do. Well, that’s wrong for a start. Apart from everything that’s on offer here (beaches, sea, walking, boat hire, the sea-sports, boat trips, day trips, walks, modern playgrounds, safe streets, impromptu football games in the square – everyone welcome to join in, the festivals, music, shops and more), there’s a game you can employ to keep your children entertained. Give them the task of counting the stones in the steps of the Kali Strata. That should keep them busy for several days.
Seriously though (as most of the above was), when you stop to think that just about every street and path on the island is made of stone. Most of it comes from the island itself, and not to mention every house, drystone wall and so on, there must be millions of individual rocks/stones in use, and they didn’t get there themselves. The Kali Strata was mainly built in the 19th, and early 20th century, I’m told, which means an awful lot of people found, dug out, cut, carried, laid and grouted every single one of them over time, and the work is still going on.
So, with that early morning thought, I’ll keep rocking, post this and get back to my daily routine which is mainly made up of sneezing, blowing my nose (still), and keeping warm. It’s back to that time when it’s sometimes warmer outside than it is inside the house – when you’re in the sun at least. Beautiful weather but still not quite enough sun to warm the stones of the house so they hold the warmth inside. But we’re getting there.
