Puzzling

 

It was a quieter day, luckily with a bit  more of a breeze, I think the wind is going to build up over the  next few days,  hopefully not so strong so the ferries won’t run. The Artemis seems to sail in all weathers, although I did get stuck in Syros for a day as it was so windy. I have a bit of potentially good news. The lady who runs the hotel I am going to next, has one of her in-laws living in a room after the other one died. So next to me is where they lived and she says if it was cleaned up a bit I could rent it, there would be no end date which is fantastic. I was thinking after the cage is removed it might be better to come back here to get myself a bit more accomplished on two feet before I try and go back to the UK. So that’s really good and it would be easy to move into. My Sifnos friends are going to try and have a look before we commit.    

We have also been trying to finalise my travel arrangements to Syros. As  I am not a stretcher case, we can’t expect Ambulance service. So my friends are trying to make sure the ferry captain knows to wheel chair me aboard and then I will have a taxi take me to the hospital. Luckily friends of theirs are going to be travelling both directions, on my travel days, their little car won’t fit me in, but hopefully they can make sure I get sorted.

I have been doing well on the puzzle, but I have to keep my leg up, so it’s a bit hard sitting at the table. I have lots of the small creatures in place and a big pile of the big bird in the middle, ready to be sorted and put into position next time.

I have been making my own naked ice cold coffee, which is just simply instant coffee, ice cubes and water from the fridge. It’s very refreshing and you get that caffeine kick as well. Maybe when I come back I will buy one of the little mini whisks they use here to whisk up into a frothy coffees. They cost very little.


The church for this post, is Agios Antonios. It’s on the so called Donkey track between Hora and Livadi. It’s was started before WW2 and wasn’t completed until 1960’s. This is the only church with this name in Serifos, although it’s a common name there. It’s Panygri is in January, so I should be able to attend it


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The wind returns…

Image
Monday 20st - Tuesday 21st,  Hora Serifos So while cooking my first meal in the house, the estate agent called again and asked if I could meet the owner of the property at seven thirty. Surely so I said. I was cooking kedgeree, two eggs were hard boiled, half an onion fried. I had a tin of tuna and what I thought was rice. With no scales it was a bit of an estimation job on how much to cook. I had  also bought this small jar of what was called  curry sauce to add a bit of a kick to the meal. So while checking the rice, it did not have the right texture I thought. I then realised it was a type of pasta! Anyhow I mixed it all up, added a dollop of the curry sauce, it was different, but it was quite edible! Moral of the story, find the Greek words for things you want to buy to make sure you get the groceries you want! While waiting for the owner I spotted this beautifully painted utility box So I met the owner of the property, and the builder who did the work. I had seen pho...
Read more

A day to remember…

Image
So my last full day on Paros and I took the car out again. This time to a village I had driven past, but needed to  explore properly. So I had a wander around the old part of Lefkes, I would have cheerfully bought a coffee or a candle in the church but everything was closed up. I did see an old lady wandering the streets, but no one else really. It’s gone cold again, that strong wind is back. Temperature single digits. I did hear the church  bells, that was largely the only sound coming out of the village. Here as elsewhere Montbretia is flowering, I think in the UK June would be when it flowers. I have no idea what the pretty yellow building is or was… My  next village was Marpissa, this was a village of windmills, except only one was intact, the others derelict. Like Lefkes everything was shut up, but I think I did see a couple of people to say hello to. There was an old lady here to, with a stick, and she was was finding every step extremely painful to take. But she go...
Read more

So my early morning duties

Image
  So my early morning duties are to turn the heating on which ignites an oil boiler outside the apartment. Turning on the hot water is my second job, in the winter you can’t rely on the sun to heat your morning shower. The boiler is quite an antiquated beast and reminds me of boilers in houses when I was a child. The fact this place has central heating is quite unusual on the island.     On the way to getting the car I pop into the bakery and buy myself a spanakopita a sort of pasty with cheese and spinach in it for lunch. My Greek is rubbish but I manage to buy one and pass on a few Kalamera to people I bump into along my way, including the local shop. I have a flask full of coffee as there are not likely to be any places open for drinks on the way. My first port of call in the car is Vathi, I have the roads to myself, I have driven on the right side of roads before so it’s ok for me. On my journey I meet a flock of sheep, the shepherd being pretty good at getting the tr...
Read more