Some village snaps as illustrations today, a day on which I have nothing much to report to head office. Except…
We had a very pleasant lunch at Georgio’s Taverna yesterday. It’s one of the village businesses that stays open through the winter, only pausing, if it must, to redecorate for the next summer season. Next door, Rainbow and Lefteris’ also stay open, though not always at strict hours, and Scena also continues, as it’s a place frequented by local families, and late-night musicians. The film club shows a film there every Tuesday, there is often live music, and the kitchen is open most evenings too. It’s a nice place for families because of the play park right next door and often holds post-baptism celebrations and other functions.
Also, through the winter, the Sunrise is open, as is Ringo’s, but Taverna Zoi and the Kalis Strata restaurants eventually close, mainly because they have only outside seating. Also, without the guaranteed trade of the summer, tavernas have to weigh up the overheads and potential stock wastage against potential income. Soon, the lanes will be virtually empty as people stay indoors more, except for the all-year-round workers, and the weather will close in, driving us inside for warmth, except on sunny days, when walking is the thing to do.
As part of our pre-winter preparations, we’re having the balcony doors fixed so they can close, a good idea when you face north. I have already given the balcony a coat of varnish, but it needs another before it rains. We must paint the bathroom flat roof against leaks too, and I must get around to stripping the old paint off the outside bathroom walls, and re-do them. If I am feeing flush (unlikely), I’ll get someone in who knows what they are doing and pay them. Also, on my list of things to do one day is an overall of the workhouse bathroom which we mainly use for storage, but that’s a job I can do no matter the weather – as long as it’s not too hot, and as long as I can be bothered.
It will also soon be time for our annual health trip to Rhodes. Not to take the waters, but to have them metaphorically taken from us as we do our annual MOT with tests and check-ups from specialists; all so easy to arrange as long as you have the insurance or the money, not that the private consultants are expensive. I must tell you more about all that one day (I have talked about it in the past), and I must also tell you about other trips and things we’ve been doing that you may not have seen on our Facebook pages, especially if you don’t use Facebook. All that, though, is for later in the winter when I have nothing else to say – not that that stops me wittering on like this.
For now, it’s off to work I go, as I have a few hours of typing and editing to put in before door repairs, lunch cooking, piano playing and meeting up with returning friends who just can’t keep away from the island. Who can blame them?
