I don’t really have anything to tell you today, so I’ll show you a photo of an inscription you may or may not have seen on Symi. It’s up where the road coming up from Yialos joins the lane into the village, on the crest of the hill, by the windmills. I sent this image to a friend of mine who has spent his life working in theatre, mime, dance, clowning, and such larks, and he said, LOVE this! But alas not a true story, no. Perdolino is from Lower Bergamo, he then became ‘Pierrot’ years later in France.
Perhaps it’s one of those urban myths or something that can’t ever be proved either way, or maybe it is genuine, and Symi did see the birth of Pierrot. Who knows? It makes for fun reading, though. Click the photo to expand it, the English section is at the bottom. I know it’s not the best translation in places, but still…
