Sunday morning:
The football teams are half way through their tournament over there at Camber Sands. I’ve heard that they have won some and lost some (one due to a dodgy ref call, or rather, a dodgy call by a ref). I expect there will be more news by the time this post is automatically posted (Monday) and if/when I hear more, I’ll mention it, maybe tomorrow. Neil is off to the opticians this morning. He lost his glasses when he was in England and, luckily, the optician is here for today. He has his shop in Rhodes, and one on Symi, and comes to do eye tests when he has enough people needing them. If you need an optician when you are here, the shop is in the square with the post office and Fotini’s wine shop, in Yialos. The lady who works there speaks very good English and is in contact via Skype and phone to the optician when he is in Rhodes. I took a pair of glasses to be mended, and he was able to examine the problem via the computer. Very handy.
You might remember that last week the day-trip boats sailed in and over to Analipsi, the church on the other side of Nimborio Bay. This was because it was the name day/festival for that church. Yiannis told me that, when he was young, there was no swimming until after this name day. I assume the water was not deemed warm enough until after that date. Here you can see the boats coming to Yialos via their slightly revised route. They also do this on special church days over at Nimos, blasting their horns to join the celebrations.
We were out and about on Friday when these other photos were taken. A visit to the post office where our postal votes had arrived – despite our local authority telling us they would not be posted until 31st May. So, we were able to get them seen to and hand them to friends to take back on Saturday. They should be safely posted now – the forms, not the friends. Later in the day, we went to a small party at a property overlooking the harbour where we met a couple of Symi spiders and other guests and later walked back up the hill and steps to Horio.
I spent Saturday at home, reading mainly until it was time to attend another party. This was a house-warming, and we all had a great time, followed by dinner at Georgio’s. Mind you, after the cakes and other goodies supplied for the party, I don’t think anyone had much from left for anything else. We opted for mezethes, a few small dishes to share.
And now Sunday, with the rain gone (there had been a brief thunder incident on Saturday) and the sun out, it looks like it’s going to stay fair for the rest of the week, but don’t quote me on that; the weather is still changeable through May, though it will settle down and heat up during June. On to the week ahead, with two dinner invitations (it’s that time of year again) and lots of writing to do.
