Last Monday the weather was perfect - what a relief!It didn't last! Ever since we have had gale force winds everyday - with especially noisy nights. Add to this a sense that tourism (or tourists who spend) is in decline, and we have desperate measures!
Kostas at the Cosmogonia has responded with pancakes - but note the translation to Czech and Finnish. He was so desperate that he edged up the street so that he was in front of the radio station studio. The staff didn't know whether to laugh or cry - images of pancakes on turntables!
On the other hand Kostas' place was heaving a few days before when there was live music:- Swedish Mats, NZ/Kenilworth Mike and Spaniakos/Leamington Richard playi
ng Rock & Blues very delightfully. The tale of what Fluffy Alex's girlfriend did to need reprimand can wait!
Anyway, this left us with days too windy for the beach. One morning we saw that Yvette had a bare rear-end! The wind had ripped her special cover. So we took it off and went out for two short drives. One was to the Hotel Viena on Thursday -a great little place that few know about (well- till now - no! few know about!) with a quiet grassy garden well above sea level and a clean swiming pool.
On Saturday we went to the newish taverna at Grammenon which was packed with out-of-town Greeks and a bit sheltered from the wind. Some dramatic statistics for wind gusts on the real-time weather station site - but the forecast just keeps on saying Beaufort 6, which must be wrong! Metal sunbeds have been reported as flying!