With Orthodox Easter not until April 27th we found the village very quiet!
Most of the kafenions are open but with only a few outside chairs and tables. Many tavernas and restaurants have been closed since October, but during our week here there has been at least one opening each day.
We have also seen some"beach furniture" progress each day - first repairs to the fixed parasols and then the placing of sunbeds. Last evening the first package tourists were spotted :- Finns who presumably find this chilly wind a pleasant change!
We had thought the atmosphere would be like that of October when we left; but it has a charm of its own:- locals have time to talk, plenty of space and never too hot!
Visually it very different too! The pollarded mulberry trees hav just a little foliage and you can see their shape, the sea shore has vast amounts of rock exposed where we have walked on sand for 20 summers, the sea gushes over onto the pebble beach occasionally, and one day we could see the island of Gavdos, which we have never done in summer!
Most striking though - are the flowers! This is the view of the bank of the fortezza from our back yard. Jenny - who with Mick had the apartment before us - is an expert on flora and her pictures on http://www.flickr.com/photos/jennyn... are a delight! - She also knows how to take photos!!