For a change, this is coming to you on the day it was written, Friday. Just back from a run up the hillside to ‘To Vrisi’ and back, and sitting down at the desk after a shower, at 6.37 with a mug of hot water and lemon, and a relaxing day working on the book ahead. At least that’s what’s planned for now, you never know what might come up around here.
There are loads of boats in the harbour this morning and in Pedi. I counted roughly 50 in Pedi as we went up the side of the hill this morning. And as you can see from the photo taken from the roof there are a fair few in on the north side of the harbour and out in the bay. There will also be boats on the near side that you can’t see from this photo. So, it looks like the harbour guys will be having a busy time today.
The flags are out at Agia Marina, so I assume there’s a name day or a festival day today, or this weekend. Perhaps that’s why there are so many boats around? Or it could just be the fact that Symi is a great harbour to call into, has many bays to stop in and places to explore and is just so popular. Or a mixture of both.
We are having a dispute over our electricity bill at the moment. Well, not a dispute as such but: the landlord gave us the bill yesterday. We’ve paid one estimated one since we’ve been here, and it was only about €40.00. The meter was read a few days after we moved in, so that was all pretty neat. But we’ve been here five months now and three of them were pretty cold and so we had the heating on for some of the time. And yet the bill was still under €50.00 – that can’t be right. In fact it can’t be right as the reading doesn’t match the reading on the box, and I know that was read only a couple of weeks ago. And the numbers on the bill don’t match the numbers on the box either, the ‘arithmos’ or meter number. So, we’re hoping the electrician who did the electrics will be around later to explain if this is the right bill against the right meter. Happy to pay a little bill of course (as long as it’s to the right account) just don’t want a massive one further down the road if this is an error.
The water bill also came in yesterday and that was the standard amount for us, around €40.00 for three months, or €13.00 per month. Not complaining about that either. The water bill is the only one we have to pay in person at the town hall, our other bills get paid on line. Which is just as well as the banks aren’t open to receive them – though you can also pay via ATM and the post office or at the actual DEH office, or OTE office for phone.
So, that’s my early morning ramble. The head is now clear thanks to the fresh mountain air and the mind is tricking over. The internals are getting cleaned through by the lemon water and the half litre or more I’ve already downed. The fan is on, the window by the desk is open, and the temperature is rising. Our ‘porch’ is pretty cool, it was only 34 yesterday in the coolest part of the house. Have a good day!
