Is it summer yet?

 The general consensus is that May was "disappointing", but on June 2nd a run of gloriously sunny and still days started, and the knees of workers have at last been seen. Meanwhile down on the beach it is not quite summer. The rock plates at the shore are still very exposed, and getting into the sea is very difficult, the Blue Flags have not arrived, and the mayor says that summer starts on 15th June so the cantina - newly extended and clearly ready - is not yet open, and the number of sunbeds is still inadequate. Our usual spot is dominated by very loud elderly Finns, and there is no escape!

On Saturday we celebrated Ruth's 60th birthday, with breakfast at the Almyrida (see the very scrummy avocado toast served on their birthday plate), free beers at the Jetée, beach and sea time, and then drinks and cakes with friends at Cosmogonia. There was one of those large celebration cakes with a decoration of flowers and fruits which we thought could not go wrong as with last August's! There should be a picture but technology failed, so the minor faux pas goes unrecorded visually:- the message of Happy Birthday in Greek, and the 60 was written correctly, but  the name was PUTH! A jolly time for all and ludicrously cheap!