Today’s post was going to be my take on what’s going on with Greek the Euro and all that malarkey. I even wrote it out and scheduled it for going live. But then I thought, some people are going to want to phone me up and discuss what I’ve written and I really can’t be done with that (hate using the phone) (hate discussing politics) so I decided to change it. I censored myself. So instead, I’ve given you a few choice quotes from the ‘article’, some photos from the weekend and a story about a bunch of flowers.

“I expect you are wondering how Symi is doing in the light of the economic debacle that’s been taking place. Well, this photo might be food for thought: a ‘super yacht’ parked outside the Alpha Bank, a bank with no queues for the ATM – the usual security delivery had been made.”

I, for one, am all rather confused by parts of what I’ve been seeing and hearing. The government have voted to hold a referendum on the latest deal offered by the Eurogroup. But that deal has been withdrawn. So…?

There was a good bit here but I deleted it by accident.

I thought that the current administration made some pretty wild claims in its electioneering with regard the economy, along the lines of ‘we are going to end austerity.’ Promises that could clearly not be kept.

I’m leaving in these photos for you so you have lots to look at.

The Gov are turning to the people to say, ‘What do you think we should, do?’ My concern is that the gobbledegook that comes out of officialdom is pretty unintelligible to us lay people and many voters will have no idea what the detail is and therefore make an uninformed decision on a very important matter.

But, back to Symi and how this current debacle might affect the island. Well, so far so good, nothing seems to have changed much, the bars were in full swing over the weekend, there was live music at the taverna and The Secret Garden and, as you can see from some photos, we had a great time with the boys at The Olive Tree making our own pizzas. (And being taught how to ‘Vogue’.)

And now for the story of the bunch of flowers:

I’m sitting at Rainbow with folk, chatting and waiting for guests to arrive when I notice a chap coming up the steps holding a white plastic vase with some flowers in it. At first I think they’ve come from someone’s grave, or are heading that way, because the slow bells have been ringing. He goes up the lane and up the steps to the square, and out of sight. A little later another man, smartly dressed, appears stage right and walks across the square and goes out of sight. A few seconds after this, first man reappears (stage left) with the white vase and no flowers. And a few seconds after this, the second man reappears and exits stage right, with the flowers.

Head to Olive Tree for our ‘make your own dinner’ party (see photos above) and think no more about it.

A little later and a wedding party appear, coming down the steps past the OT. There’s the smart man in his suit and a young lady in a wedding dress, and there’s the bunch of flowers. They must have come from the flower shop, in the original display vase, to start with. Off they go into the sunset.

There, I didn’t say it was going to be a good or interesting story. Just one of those things. Of more interest to you may be that we were in Yialos on Sunday and the ATM was giving out money, three day trip boats came in, and all was well with the island of Symi. So, that’s my update on the Greek crisis and my Symi thoughts for today.

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