Busy weekend
We had fireworks and dynamite on Sunday night as celebrations of Pentecost continued, and we had a pleasant couple of hours with Yiannis at the bar for his birthday. There were visitors about, quite a few actually, all from other islands or the mainland, and on Monday morning, I even saw a yacht in the harbour. The new ferry, the Stavros, the Blue Star and the Dodecanese Seaways catamarans have been coming and going, so the island is being well served for deliveries. I heard that several tavernas were open and doing good weekend business in Yialos, including Pantelis and the International. Up in the village, Noufris tells me that Georgio’s is opening again on Saturday, and Katsaras down in Pedi has been open for a while.
One of the first things I read on Monday morning concerned a beach bar on Mykonos that has been heavily fined and shut for 60 days because it flounced distancing rules on its beach and had sunbeds too close together, so that’s something for seafront tavernas, bars and beaches to look out for. We’ve not had the usual hordes of tax inspectors or IKA officials visit yet, that I know of, but that’s hardly surprising as nothing has been open. I doubt many people have been taken on for the seasonal work a lot of people rely on for income. But, with the weather finally warming up again, but not as hot as that flush we had a few weeks ago, and with visitors from other islands calling in, perhaps some people will be able to make a living or part of one. Of course, it was a special weekend, so we can’t expect every day to be like this from now on, but it was good to see, late on Sunday evening, that the village cafes were in use and there was a bit of a buzz, if not yet the sound of a whole swarm.
