Well, a free book for five days (1st to 5th) and possibly not one you’ll be interested in, but if you click the link at the bottom of this post, you’ll get to the book’s Amazon page and see what I am talking about. Not now! Wait until you get there…
By the way, these links to Amazon often lead you to a page that says ‘Not available in your area.’ Ever had that when trying to buy a book? If so, don’t panic! What it means is you’ve gone to, say, Amazon.com (USA) when your account is based at Amazon.co.uk (UK). The book is available in your area, but you need to find it on your own country’s Amazon site. So, either copy the ISBN number from the details, or the title and author, head to .co.uk or .whatever, and search out the title that way. Then, you should have no trouble ordering the Kindle or paperback. (I guess it’s to save you postage from USA to UK, or something. I don’t really understand why Kindle downloads are affected, but we’re not here to talk about all that…
We’re here to talk about shrimps and August.
The Symi Shrimp Festival happened on Sunday night, and by the sound of it, it was a success. Neil was called in to work the evening at the Rainbow Bar, and when I vaguely saw him around 2.30 on Monday morning, it sounded as though he’d been very busy, and the party went on until well after midnight.
We’re now in August, of course, so happy month to you; Kalo mina. (My spell check changed mina to main. It’s one of those words that when typed, has a mind of its own, so apologies if Kalo mina is ever printed as Kalo main, a little-known consequence of the Spanish colonisation of South America.)
I’m not sure who’s coming to visit in August. If you are, leave a comment on this post on Facebook so we can look out for you. After the heat of last week, August may well feel positively chilly, though it’s usually one of the hotter months. I know it’s terrible weather ‘up north’ in Denmark, the yUK and other northern-European places, and apparently, that has something to do with the changing Jet Stream, or some such. Well, if you can, drop ‘down south’ to escape it. Rhodes is now as back to normal as it can be, and lots of businesses and individuals are putting around publicity saying just that and inviting tourists back. The island, like the rest of the country, relies on tourism, and it’s fair to say, the European press hasn’t helped in recent days. (See my post ‘Village Views’.)
I escaped the news and my writing routine on Sunday morning and went for a short walk, taking today’s snaps as I went. This is the lane that runs off the village square. It does a couple of sharp bends and then a gentle slope and takes you around the back of the Castro to where you can see over Yialos and the hills. If you keep going straight until you can’t go any further and have to turn left or right, you will come to the Kataractis (if you turn right). These are the ancient steps/slopes down to the back of Yialos. I didn’t go that way, I had chapters to write and sofas to sit on, which is probably what I am going to go and do right now.
Enjoy August, and we’ll chat more tomorrow. Meanwhile, here’s that free book which may interest you or someone you know:
Free book on Kindle from 1st to 5th August. Click here.
