Blue Star 2
Yesterday we had the Blue Star 2 call in. Last week it was the Blue Star 1. I’ve not travelled on either boat, but I hear they are comfortable and fast. The number 2 was a bit late coming in, but the service recently has been much more reliable than it used to be when we had an older boat linking Symi to Athens and Rhodes, and various stops in between. With his new route, you can no travel directly to Santorini from Symi, and vice versa, should you want to try a two-centre holiday on the most beautiful island in Greece (and Santorini).
The weather has warmed up, and I now sit at my desk with my windows open to cool me down, and it’s not even June yet. This does mean that I am treated to the smell of neighbourhood cooking (it was omelettes yesterday) which is a bit mouth-watering at seven in the morning. Its quite common for meals to be prepared early in the day and set aside for later, as I’ve often smelt moussaka and stifado on the go by seven a.m. As I am usually up at 5.30 and don’t have breakfast until nine, it can be a pleasurable pain to be treated to all these wonderful smells while my tummy is rumbling.
Today’s photos are of the Blue Star 2, to give you an idea of its size, and there’s one of some of the yachts which are now beginning to return to Symi. We’ll see more of them over the next few months, I hope, as things heat up and get busier. The day trip boats are bringing loads of people, mainly for Yialos as few day visitors manage to make it up to the village despite the new signs, so the season is now well and truly underway.
