Day 65 (Thursday)
We were pleased to hear yesterday about the birth of George
Christopher Wright. 10lb 3oz !! Congratulations Steph, Adrian and Holly.
The forecast for this morning was miserable again and we
awoke to grey skies so we took our time over breakfast thinking that the rain
was on its way. However, the sky seemed
to brighten up so we went to explore the nearby mountain track and ended up
walking the 4km down to Aghia Efimia where we read our books by the sea wishing
we’d brought our swimming costumes. We’ve
now decided to ignore the weather forecast.
After a cup of coffee we walked back to the cottage and
realised that it was all up hill on the way back. Supper this evening was homemade prawn paella
(with enormous shell-on prawns), the cats really loved that.
Day 66 (Friday)
Did very little today.
The day started grey again and looked as if it was going to brighten up
enough for us to go to Mirtos beach but it stayed rather overcast and we
chickened out of a swim in the sea.
We went shopping at the local mini market which turned out
to be ‘not so mini’. It was a real Alladin’s
cave of goods and we purchased some of the excellent 1.50 euro wine. The evening was spent at the local taverna
where we met Amanda and Russell again.
Pedrangelo’s wife and baby (Polanicki) were also there.
When we were in Trapezaki we bought a mysterious fruit that
looked like a cross between a pear and an apple. It turned out to be a quince, Tracey tried to
stew it and although it was then edible it was still a bit peculiar. This evening Pedrangelo gave us quince as it
is supposed to be prepared along with yoghurt – it was delicious.
There was a thunderstorm over night and we were woken up at
1:00am by something scampering around in the roof space. I thought that discretion was the better part
of valour and didn’t investigate too closely.
Day 67 (Saturday)
Even though it was another grey start this morning we still
walked down the mountain track for cooked breakfast in Aghia Efimia. It’s very hard on the ankles walking down the
stony track so we felt like we’d earned our breakfast.
After we had walked back up the hill we cleaned and swept the
cottage then Tracey cooked Greek roast chicken with potatoes for our evening
meal. There is only a ‘toaster oven’ in
the cottage so everything takes a bit longer to cook. Guess what?
The cats really loved the chicken.
The track to Aghia Efimia
Mummy Cat
Baby Cat (Batman)
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