I was trying to avoid the use of the word ‘nice’ in the title of this post. ‘Nice’ is such a vague word, and can always be replaced by something better. Just like when you use the verb ‘get’, you can always replace that with something more interesting and more descriptive. Says he, who often doesn’t bother, especially when writing a quick blog post.
But we did have a very nice dinner on Tuesday night, a very pleasant dinner, a tasty, simple, inexpensive, filling, fun-filled, fantastic, celebratory dinner – just select whichever word you fancy you’ll get the picture. Or: You’ll have a better understanding of how our evening went.
The photos should also give you some idea. The boys were very well behaved with the exception of Neil who was, as usual, very entertaining. Well, he is if you are a seven year old. We had courgette fritters (kolokethokeftethes; break it down and it’s easy to remember, kolo-ketho-keftethes) cheese saganaki and tsatziki, and that was followed by chops and chips. Nice and simple and not expensive at all.
The taverna is quiet most nights of the week in the winter, unless there is a special celebration or an engagement party. Some local folk go there regularly on a weekend and we go when we can. We were the only guests last night, but then it was a cold and windy one, and we wouldn’t normally have gone out, but it was Harry’s name day treat.
February is often the coldest and darkest month of the year on Symi. It feels dark, even though the days are getting (replace with ‘growing’) longer, or rather, staying light for longer. There’s often so much cloud about it might as well be permanent dusk. But yesterday was a clear one, which also meant a cold one, with a bit of a breeze but nothing like the high winds that were expected. (Not up to midday at any rate.) And, looking ahead, it seems that the week of our move is going to be sunny and warmer, with the temperatures up in the ‘teens. Unless things change, which is always possible.
So, that’s my daily update. Neil’s currently on the phone to Ote talking about moving our phone and internet line over to the new house next week. The last time we ‘fiddled’ with our phone line set-up we accidentally got cut off for a week, so let’s hope that doesn’t happen this time. By the way, here is another video taken during the name day celebration in church on Tuesday. Processing the icon inside the church due to bad weather.
