Don’t worry, not every day for the next X days will have the same title, I hope. I’ll try and think of other things to talk about.
So far though we are off to a good start thanks to word of mouth and helpful friends. I was making dinner in the kitchen yesterday, unsuccessfully dodging the rain drops every time I went to the fridge, and I reminded myself that the new place should be rain free if possible, at least to start with. I know that’s a tall order, but then so is the size of place we would ideally like. Still, later today we are going to look at a house near the Sunrise that’s not the one we already know (Little Blue = far too small), and this morning Neil is meeting with the estate agent in town who deals with rentals.
Meanwhile, we took a walk on Monday afternoon, between showers, and had a look out for any ‘for rent’ signs on houses in the village. We also looked of any old property that looked suitable and was clearly not inhabited. There are plenty around, but it’s a case of discovering who a) has them for rent, b) owns them c) is willing to give a long contract.
Meanwhile, meanwhile, Jenine and others have been putting the word out. We’ve told Sotiris at the supermarket, and Gabriel the drumming, kick-boxing ex-priest (whose cancer scare on his foot has now been given the all clear, he says, so that’s good news), the baker, and everyone at tap, aerobics and Pilates knows that we are looking for a place. Thank you to everyone who has been messaging in ideas too.
If it wasn’t raining so heavily yesterday we would have gone for another look around then too, but instead we stayed in and did some work, and started thinking about collecting boxes.
It was rather wet yesterday, to say the least. The current house discovered several news ways that it could let in water, but I’m not worried about that now, as long as it doesn’t drip on anything electrical I can put up with it for as long as it takes. The windows were all steamed up as I was boiling things in the kitchen and we’re trying to dry the washing inside; all the standard kind of Greek island/Symi winter living things one has to deal with, all good fun.
BTW, the weather forecast is showing ‘spotty showers’ for today (I assume adolescent ones) but sunshine from Thursday onwards, in fact it’s almost looking spring-like.
