Symi Scouts Helping the Victims of the Athens Fires
I had a message yesterday to let me know that the Symi scouts (of which our godson is a member) are helping the victims of the recent fires near Athens. They will be at the high school (on the slope just down from Kali Strata corner) between 10:00 and 12:00, and 18:00 to 21:00 every day up to Saturday. You can take along anything that can be sent that might be useful: canned goods, dried food, nappies… Whatever you have to spare but not money.
The people of Symi are always good at giving. As a lighter example, I went shopping in the village the other morning, firstly calling into the new Chinese emporium for some holiday shorts. I found a very nice pair for only €20.00 and tried them on in a cubicle built under what used to be the cooker extractor fan when the building was a taverna, that was a new experience. What’s more, they actually fit me. Then I went toddling off to the new butchers up the lane. There was a very impressive display of pork, beef and internal animal parts, and in the second counter, there was more of my kind of thing, white meat. Having said that, I opted for two chicken schnitzels and two beef burgers, all prepared on site. There was a discussion about how the new shop was going and what new things would be coming in soon, homemade sausages and so on, and then I went to pay. €6.80 for the (massive) schnitzels and burgers and a free cream-filled éclair as a gift. Well, that’s’ what you expect around here, we’re talking Symi after all.
The burgers and chicken were both wonderful, by the way, as well as being non-expensive and big. Anyway, a couple of random shots today and later I’m off to town again to do some pre-holiday shopping, raid the bank, check the post office and probably have some more wonderful home cooking at one of our favourite tavernas.
