Desperately Seeking Greek Weather

Dear Curious and Devoted,

Just when we thought the good weather was headed our direction, the day turned cloudy and gray. As I walk through the town in the morning or as we sit at a taverna at lunch or dinner, it is so sad to see so few tables occupied. In fact, a place we have enjoyed on several occasions this time, Kastraki, the little taverna located very close to us with the lovely view of the bay, has closed until business picks up. This is the place were the last time we were there, we were the only ones to have dinner that night. And we are not heavy eaters. Little profit in having us as patrons.

Polley has decided that she needs to get some additional exercise (beyond her Pilates in the morning), so we began a noontime walk of a mile or so, ending up, of course at a taverna. A half liter of wine and then we stagger (just kidding) the mile back. We went to the middle of Tolo yesterday and sat at the Santa Maria, the same place we had dinner the night before. While we were there a bit early, we were the only ones in the place. The proprietor told us that in Greece if it is too cold or too hot, no one visits the restaurants!

As we walked, there were some additional signs of spring, like these lovely flowers growing along side the road.


We came back to our place for lunch our siesta and a good deal of reading. Partly because of the weather, it was a lazy day. I realize that may sound redundant, but it was even more so than usual.

Since there was sill tile work being done on the bar, we headed out for a little pre-func. I had seen a place while walking along the Tolo beach. It is quite fancy and it is called Gorillas



Polley and I enjoyed a couple of Ouzos



and watched the clouds sweep across the sky.


Eventually the sun came out for a brief period and it was lovely as it shined on the little island in the bay.



We had planned to go out to eat following our time in the Gorilla cage, but realized that the afternoon Greek salad was more than enough, so we caved in early. Alas, another night when a restaurant suffers. We will try to make up for it tomorrow, when I may have more to report (but don’t count on too much).

Ed and Polley