Following a night of rain and thunder, the weather that we were repeatedly promised, began to show up. Temperatures were promised for the mid-70s, with even better weather on the weekend.
My walk this morning was in the direction of Tolo, but I decided to try a road still higher up the side of the mountain behind the village. It was a killer and eventually dead-ended into a house and I had to turn back. However, on a clear morning, the view of Tolo bay was fantastic.
As I walked higher and higher (and I confess to having to stop to catch my breath), I say Tolo to one side
and the valley in the direction of Drepano in the other.
I even found a little church that sat higher up yet.
It was about 4.5 miles and I was pretty done in upon my return. Polley and I read in the sun while our hair was drying. We then set out on another walk, this time to Drepano for a glass of wine and some sense of being part of the village. I am acquiring some Greek phrases and can order wine in Greek now and when it first happens, the look of surprise on the Greeks faces is something. It is not an easy language, especially in terms of where the emphasis falls in words. And some of them are very long and have strange, seemingly conflicting sounds. Fun to try and they people seem to appreciate it.
Home for lunch, the leftovers of our delicious dinner at Nikos, moussaka and cheese pie. There is something about Greek food. It almost seems better as a leftover than it did on the first day.
We did get in the requisite siesta, but from this picture you might get a sense of how difficult it has become to find a place for us on the bed.
After we got up, some cats continued to sleep. This white and yellow tabby, we ca;; “Randy” for some obvious reasons when you see him around the females. He is a lovely guy and, as you can see, completely relaxed!
Following siesta and a bit more reading, we got the word from Yorgos that the weather conditions were such that he was going to spray the orange trees. Normally they do not spray, but some sort of bug had attacked the orchard, so it was necessary to spray. To be able to do so, there must be no chance of rain and it can’t be very windy. He has been waiting for several days for the proper conditions. Tonight is the night. So, he gave the guests the heads-up so we could make plans to be away from the insecticide.
Polley and I tried a cute little bar in Tolo called Remembrance. It sits right on the water and was relatively quiet (if you don’t count the Euro-Techno music). WE slowly sipped on some ouzo and watch the activity on the bay. We needed to be gone for a couple of hours. After one hour, we had had enough of Remembrance. We had intended to have dinner in, but decided to move on to Nikos in Drepano for just some wine, their delicious Tzatziki, and some olives. Niko is very nice and helps me with my Greek. Tonight he was even talking in French, just to display his linguistic aptitude. A nice time, and we highly recommend the food, as you can tell, having had Niko food for lunch and dinner.
It was home about 9, a call to our house sitter and then to bed with high hopes for the beach tomorrow.
Ed and Polley
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