Last night's sunset; every evening is different and I thought overlooking Glastonbury Tor was inspiring each night!
Today we travelled to the island of Evia, It took us 20 minutes to drive tothe coast. This is the view from the mainland looking over to Evia, a 30 minute ferry ride away.
In it comes!
Arriving in Evia
A welcome coffee overlooking the sound between the mainland and the island.
Followed by lunch, this was just the starters, a delicious Carbonara followed....
Tonight I will knit,read and relax. Tomorrow dh may go swimming...I will beachcomb!
Last night rounded off nicely which an English Greek combo! Roast Chicken with a Greek influence!
Then this morning off to St Andrew's International Church....some songs were familiar...even if the spelling wasn't! Still, I'm sure the Savior/Saviour didn't have an issue with it! Uplifting to look around the room and see so many different nationalities represented.
Then it was off to Starbucks with a Greek/English/American contingent to drink coffee and have conversations about, amongst other things...Politics....but mainly the politics of the represented nations. The Americans are voting next week and the Greeks are striking for 48 hours on Tuesday and Wednesday....and we are supposed to be flying home during that time....We had planned to visit the Acropolis museum on Tuesday, but that will now have to wait for another time....as will the Greek wool shop I have discovered on someone else's blog.....It happens to be very near the museum, and also where some of the demonstrations take place...but since there will be no buses or trains running we won't be visiting on this occasion.
Can't believe the Christmas shops are appearing....there is no escape!
A spontaneous decision was made to have lunch in a local restaurant with resident feral cat waiting for food to drop....Could do with her at home.....but must not think of the mouse issue....
Moussaka! Dh chose a minced meat with rice wrapped in cabbage parcel served with lemon sauce. We shared a carafe of wine.....
A side dish of chick peas with tomato....
Then home to coffee on the terrace where Lucy the cat made an appearance briefly and we ate cakes from the "Cakes and Cookie Sale" at the church this morning in aid of a Ugandan orphanage.....which was probably a little decadent (the cakes not the orphanage)
...and I continued my french knitting "probably a christmas decoration" project, having completed the first dishcloth yesterday. I will make the next one a little smaller as I am using larger needles this time.
Caught up on Yeovil news via Facebook....can't believe it has snowed there today!!!!
To market, to market to buy a.....cooped up chicken? I don't think so.....we'll be looking elsewhere for ours in the Spring. Hopefully some interesting breeds...,
I love Greek Markets for the fruit and vegetables plus all the herbs, shame you can't capture the aromas!
We spent some time (no pun intended!) at the herbs stall and came away with oregano, thyme and a herb mix for meat which smells heavenly and I spent the next hour lifting the carrier bag up to my face to inhale the aromas.....don't care what I looked like! We also bought a string of garlic, quite handy as we're coming to the end of of French garlic purchased in Carentan in September!
The purchases:
View from the coffee shop,
iced coffee outside at 26 degrees, just hits the spot!
Looking to my right, sipping coffee and people -watching...a favourite pastime.
And here are the dogs... from back to front: Elsa, Connie and Tilly.
and Bella,
totally submissive!
But are there enough olives to pick this year to take up to the olive press?
Had some visitors and they brought this delicious cake a liitle like egg custard with a lemony flavour and lots of syrup.... It's called Galaktompouriko!
and so the day ends, the same view at sunset.
Tomorrow we leave at 08:30 for the 09:00 service at the International Church in Athens
So, BA informs me I can take knitting needles as hand luggage, so here I am, somewhere over Europe on our way to Athens, starting the latest dishcloth (a girl cannot have too many, after all). I bought some short size 8 (4mm) needles in St Margaret's hospice charity shop:50p a pair, bargain, never buy new needles again, charity shops always come up trumps, but you do need to ask for them....they are behind the counter...considered as dangerous!
View from the balcony on arrival at Mum's mid afternoon. Been awake since 02:30, but don't feel too tired considering.
Frozen pomegranate seeds from the garden, can't compete with that! Later we had homegrown figs which had been sundried.
Then finally to bed to read this:
"
Spanning decades and
moving from the stark beauty of the Welsh landscape to the Himalayas and
Kashmir, this is a story of bravery, courage and love.Within one exotic
land lie the secrets of a lifetime…Newlywed Nerys Watkins leaves rural
Wales for the first time in her life, to accompany her husband on a
missionary posting to India. Travelling from lonely Ladakh, high up in
the Himalayas, Nerys discovers a new world in the lakeside city of
Srinagar. Here, in the exquisite heart of Kashmir, the British live on
carved wooden houseboats and dance, flirt and gossip as if there is no
war.But the battles draw ever closer, and life in Srinagar becomes less
frivolous when the men are sent away to fight. Nerys is caught up in a
dangerous friendship, and by the time she is reunited with her husband,
the innocent Welsh bride has become a different woman.Years later, when
Mair Ellis clears out her father’s house, she finds an exquisite antique
shawl, woven from the finest yarns and embroidered in the shades of
lake water and mountain skies. Wrapped within its folds is a lock of
child’s hair. Tracing her grandparents’ roots back to Kashmir, Mair
embarks on a quest that will change her life forever."
So I am caught up between Greece in my reality and India in my imagination!
Will meet the dogs tomorrow and visit the Saturday market!
