Easter Saturday and cold. The wind has dropped a bit further, though there are still white bits on the sea as you might see from this photo, but it still feels a bit icy here on Symi. I expect everyone is hoping it will warm up a little for tomorrow when we, for one, have a barbeque planned. (Can you say, ‘We for one’? Shouldn’t it be ‘we for two’?)
Yesterday, not being of the Orthodox faith, we had lunch in Yialos where both Dodecanese Seaways catamarans were sheltering from the rough seas. Apparently it was too rough in Rhodes harbour for them to even moor up, they were crashing around and so were brought over here. Never seen that before. You can see them in the second image today, taken on my tablet yesterday afternoon.
I should point out that our lunch was vegetarian; mushroom and vegetable lasagne, cooked by Staphanos at To Spitiko, and we had a salad with it, so that was almost Lenten. Mind you, we did eat with knives and forks which you are not meant to do on Big Friday if you are strictly Orthodox. Afterwards, we shared a taxi back up; Neil has somehow stabbed himself in the eye (not with his fork) and it was playing up. He’d got something from Yiannis at the pharmacy which was, luckily, open in the afternoon, and this morning the report is that it is better.
And then we spent the afternoon with a cheeky wine at the Olive Tree (officially opening next week, I think) and entertained at home for a few hours before listening to the original cast recording of Jesus Christ Superstar which, I know, is very Easter-ish. Today… I have no idea. I had to take an anti-allergy tablet to clear my sinuses yesterday so I slept like a log for ten hours and still can’t function properly. I have to say that the cat did manage to rouse me at 6.20 for his first feed of the morning, but I soon went back to bed and have no idea what happened next. Hopefully I will wake up in a little while and be able to enjoy Easter Saturday. We have church planned for this evening around midnight so I need to wake up by then. See you Monday, and Happy Orthodox Easter to you and Happy Birthday to the Alarm Cat and our daughter Charlene! (And anyone else with today as their birthday.)
