Monday 10th June (Day 48)
Today was designated as admin day so after breakfast on the
terrace we put some washing on and then headed out to do some food shopping in
Aghia Efimia, our nearest village. The
owner of the cottage had very kindly left us welcome pack including a bottle of
Kefalonian wine so all we needed to do was buy some ingredients to make meals
to go with it.
Tracey also needed a haircut and had been told about a new
salon that had recently opened in Aghia Efimia so she set off to
investigate. Once she had established
that she could have her haircut immediately I headed off to a nearby café to
await her return. About 20 minutes later
she returned sporting her new haircut which she was very pleased with but was a
bit miffed that the young lady who owns the salon had asked if she qualified
for the pensioner rate! I made all the
right noises and said she looked younger with her new haircut which seemed to
pacify her as she ordered a frappe and a slice of cake!
The owner of the supermarket recognised us and gave us 5
eggs from his mother’s chickens, I cannot imagine Sainsbury’s doing that!
As the sky clouded over in the afternoon I taught Tracey how
to play chess as the cottage has a chess board.
Tuesday 11th June (Day 49)
It was a cloudy and sometimes rainy day today so we spent
the day mooching about the cottage reading and playing chess. Despite earlier predictions we were unable to
watch Pointless we were unable to do so as the internet does not work here.
Wednesday 12th June (Day 50)
We awoke to cloud this morning and decided to investigate
the walking path that we had discovered last time we were here and to walk from
the village to the beach at Myrtos. It
was a fairly easy walk through the valley until we reached the very steep
decent to the beach itself. We didn’t
quite make it all the way down as it is 4 km up on the way back but we did get
over half way and got our first look at the beautiful bay.
Thursday 13th June (Day 51)
We decided to walk the other end of the walking path today
and walk into the Aghia Efimia which is about 4km from the cottage. It is all downhill on the way there but
unfortunately this means it is all uphill on the way back.
We sat by the sea and ate our lunch and read our books
before consuming a fortifying cup of coffee to prepare us for the return
journey. We arrived back from our walk
to find some delicious homemade apple cake had been left on the table for us by
the owner of the cottage.
Tracey beat me at chess tonight – I appear to have created a
monster!
Friday 14th June (Day 52)
The weather is but improved today so it was off to Anti
Samos beach for a swim. It was much
busier than when we were last here in October 2012 but still as beautiful and
gave us a chance to do some snorkelling.
We went to the local taverna for supper tonight and
Pedrangelo had cooked a whole roast lamb on the spit so we could no more than
order two portions and get stuck in.
Saturday 15th June (Day 53)
We decided to go to Myrtos by car today for a swim. Being a Saturday it was quite busy but I
guess nothing compared to how it will be in July and August. When the wind is in the right direction the
waves can be quite impressive here and today was no exception. It was then back to the cottage to pack our
things for our move to Kalivaki cottage tomorrow. This is the cottage we stayed in last year
and we are there for 4 weeks this year until our return to the UK on 16th
July.
For the animal lovers amongst you we seem to have inherited
a cat with this cottage. We have called
him Winky as he only seems to have one eye but an uncanny knack of knowing when
a tin of tuna has been opened.
Sunday 16th June (Day 54)
We were packed, breakfasted and ready to move by 11.00 but
as the other cottage was not going to be ready until 2.00pm we headed off to
Aghia Efimia to wait by the sea and enjoy the view. If only all experiences of moving house could
be so relaxing!
We arrived back at the new cottage (Kalivaki) at about
2.30pm and it felt great to be back.
Katerina (the owner) had provided us with yet another welcome pack so no
need to go shopping for a couple of days.
When we were here last year we adopted a cat and her kitten
and we wondered if they would still be around this year. Sure enough, just as we were leaving to go to
the tavern for our supper, the kitten arrived at the front door but minus her
mum. We fed her some Friskies and gave
her some water to drink but she was very nervous of us. She does not appear to have grown much in 6
months and we are not sure what has happened to Mum but maybe we can fatten her
up over the next few weeks.
Kitchen View (Polyanthi Cottage)
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