A few shots of the pampered Alarm Cat this morning as I try and get back into the swing of things, back to the more usual routine. Except I’m not yet, as it’s still Sunday. But I want to get ahead of myself as the alarm is to be set for ‘very early’ tomorrow so I can get up and out and back into my morning walks. That’s the plan.
And before moving on, Jack says a big Thank You to Ian and Lynne who look after the animal welfare on Tilos. He loves his ‘Cats of Tilos’ calendar, it’s being hung close to his bowl so he can check it every day, well, every half an hour actually.
It feels like I’ve not only had a week away (working, btw, not a holiday) but also a long weekend off. Friday was mainly pottering around at home, but Saturday was more of an adventure. We went to Yialos for the most important thing ever, cat food, and to visit the bank. And the banks, btw, do have money in them, we’re not yet Russian, there is no civil unrest (well, someone rather grumpily said ‘ela! I’ll do it avrio’ about something but that was it) and everything is all fine and dandy here right now. If you have heard stories about Greece and they are putting you off the country my advice would be to stop reading the British press especially the Daily hate mail, and only pay attention to the television reporters who give a balanced view.
Anyway… back down in Yialos we were joined by Sam and Harry as they both had important missions to carry out. Sam had a new computer to collect and Harry had to buy himself a new towel. Here’s a tip: shop around; we found one towel that he wanted for X amount, and then later, once he’d bought it, saw the same one in a different shop for four euros less. Hmm…
There was, of course, a stop for ice cream along the way, and then we picked up the PC and carried it to the taxi rank. On the way up Thanasis told us that here had been an accident and a jeep had gone off the road in Nimborio and ended up in the sea, but no one was hurt and Harry sang to the mountains all the way up, which was lovely. PC installed, I left Sam with tablet and You Tube in one hand and his new PC in the other, looking up how to put the system language into English.
Later, after a lazy afternoon, K&S called around, and P joined us later, the Alarm cat got some serious grooming and attention, and then we all went out to the opening night of The Windmill. Well, the cat stayed home as he’d already eaten. A great night, great food and a very good price too. Highly recommended when you are next on Symi. Okay, off into my Sunday now which is meant to involve potting up the new plants, cleaning the kitchen cupboards (note: buy more ant poison) and maybe doing another 3,000 words on the book this afternoon.
