Today is the third consecutive lousy-weather Sunday! We have had gusts of wind to Beaufort 9 in the early hours, and rain on-and-off through the day. Whenthe sun goes in it is cold!
During this week, however there has been some real sunshine and the sea is still warm. It turns out that our last Greek sea-dip will have been on Thursday 9th. Not bad really!
The toll of the recent frequent wind problems is evident in the state of the three flags on the west beach. Greek and EU ones hang in tatters. The Blue Flag accreditation flag has collapsed completely and is tied round the post!
Last Sunday a fair number of the Northern Europeans here were oblivious to the rotten weather as they were nursing their heads. On Saturday highly talented German artist Martin - newly returned from nasty back operations - held a party in his new studio. There was a vat of red wine from his favoured kafenion in Kakodiki - accompanied by its maker who also offered his own special honey tsikoudia (raki). Which of these it was that did the damage is unclear! There was wurst of course, and Ruth made tortilla espanola. Martin has a magnificent music collection, and there were candles in the garden, which survived a sudden downpour. We retreated early enough to miss the nasty incident involving a headlock, broken camera and a better-left-nameless Frenchman.