Another Symi weekend
Kalo Mina! And what a pleasant weekend it was. We were invited out for dinner on Friday night by some friends who were leaving on Saturday. Georgio’s taverna was supplying live Greek music as a background to our conversation and mild feast which included, chops, chicken in cream, prawn starters, homemade humus and various other dishes; all very nice. It was a later night than we are used to, but a memorable one. Thank you to our hosts!
On Saturday I was able to get a little work done before we had to head into Yialos to get some shopping. Mainly cat food as, as you may know, we have a very fussy and rather spoiled animal. I took photos of various Yialos shops, at random, to use on the blog and there are a lot of shops to choose from. We bought our vegetables this weekend from Lucas’ store in the side street beside Taxas Supermarket. Apart from the fact that they were plentiful and fresh, the shop is again using paper bags, much more biodegradable.
After that we treated ourselves to lunch as we tend to do once a week and got chatting to a Greek man and his son at the next table. That always makes for an interesting time, discussing life on Rhodes and his family who were from Symi. Neil asked the son, Yiannis aged 13, if he knew what he wanted to do when he left school. No, he said, not yet. You don’t have any idea at all? Neil persisted. Well, I want to be a marine biologist, he said. Sounds to me like he knows exactly what he wants to do.
Back in the village we chatted to one of our neighbours for some time before finally making it home for a film. I saw some of ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2’ which I would highly recommend. Favourite quote? The part where some asks, “How do you know?” and gets the answer, “Telephone, television, tell a Greek.” I think this sequel is actually, somehow, better than the first.
And on Sunday I was able to finish checking through the first draft of ‘The Saddling’, my next novel. It’s been a bit of a productive year, though this one is far from finished. And that leads me on to remind you that you can now get the comedy, ‘Remotely’ on order from Amazon. (Kindle versions in a few weeks.) If you like the occasional times when I am mildly amusing in my blog, you will appreciate some of the funny moments (with a hint of pathos) in this body swap comedy that takes a sideways swipe at all those TV talent shows like X Factor and so forth. You can order a copy of Remotely here.
