Well, that weather has been a bit of a let-down, so far at least. It’s Thursday midday and the wind has died down and we’ve not had that much rain. I was hoping to get some more free water in the sterna before the summer really kicks in. Perhaps things will worsen later and I will be in luck.
But I am sure those folk coming over on day trips don’t want the weather to turn bad. The day trips have already started, and have been going on for a few weeks now. But this isn’t the usual fleet of Nikolaos X and the others, this has been determined explorers via Dodecanese Seaways coming across to see what’s open on Symi. Not a lot, but getting more each day.
And on that note, I’ve been contacted by the Symi Nautical and Folklore Museum down in Yialos telling me it will be open again in a few days. I need to get in touch and find out some more information though. I am assuming this is the nautical museum at the back of the town square, by the town hall. The village folklore museum is up towards Agia Triada and I’ve not been past for a while so don’t know the state of play as yet. But no doubt when I hear more about either or both I will add something here for regular readers and potential visitors to learn more about our museums.
So, trips over have started, things are opening up again for the summer, and we already have regular repeat visitors back. All we need now is a bit of stable sun and less of this cold wind and gloomy skies. It’s not been like last year at all. By this time last year we were out regularly on morning walks in the sun, up and down the mountain like a fiddler’s elbow and back and forth to Pedi regularly. It’s far too cold, windy, or wet at the moment to get out and about as much as we did last year. We’ve done what we can when we could and that’s my story and I am sticking to it.
We will be on ‘Big Friday’ when you read this, with a day of sever fasting and death bells, the lambs get led to the slaughter (if they’ve not already been dispatched) we get that ‘silence of the lambs’ effect when all the nearby bleating is suddenly noticeable by its absence and there are solemn church services. The communities dress the bier and the effigy of Christ is taken from the cross and paraded, the churches are draped in black and the service is very moving.
Later, on Saturday, we will be in for the big bangs and then, after midnight the celebration of the resurrection, with a big family day on Sunday, the burning of Judas and possibly a firework display. So, a festive weekend lies in store and Symi celebrates Orthodox Easter.
