{"id":2490,"date":"2011-04-06T19:31:23","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T19:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itisallgreek2me.com\/?p=2490"},"modified":"2012-04-26T11:13:38","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T11:13:38","slug":"2011-a-dream-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itisallgreek2me.com\/?p=2490","title":{"rendered":"2011 – A Dream Return"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wanganui from the air<\/p><\/div>\n

My journey this year began on 25 March, again from Wanganui, New Zealand, arriving 43 hours later on the small Greek Island of Spetses at 1930 hours local time – Saturday 26 March.\u00a0 Tired and exhausted, Costas was waiting for me as I embarked from the hydrofoil … it is fantastic to be back!\u00a0 No.1 priority – catch up on some sleep, however,\u00a0the following night I was back in Bar Spetsa … bright eyed and bushy tailed!\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is Springtime here and the weather in the main has been glorious – sunny days but still a little chilly in the evenings.\u00a0 The locals are busy right now painting and sprucing up their homes and establishments, making ready for Easter celebrations and the coming Summer season.\u00a0 Few visitors have arrived yet – the island mainly quiet and peaceful.\u00a0 When walking during the day, one must be on constant lookout for scooters and motorbikes, the island’s main mode of transport.<\/p>\n

Most nights I venture out to spend time with Costas in Bar Spetsa where it is not unusual to find oneself chatting with A-listers as I enjoy a Metaxa 5 Star or two with ginger ale – life can be tough at the top!\u00a0 Happy to be indulging once again\u00a0in the Greek cuisine, both at home and out in the local restaurants.\u00a0 Today we enjoyed Bakaliaros (cod) with Skordalia (garlic sauce),\u00a0Patates Tiganetes (fries), Patzarosalata (warm beetroot salad), Psomi (delicious crusty bread) and a shared Mythos beer … then back home for a lengthy much needed siesta.<\/p>\n

In a couple of weeks’ time, I will travel to Crete (a journey of some 14 plus hours) to spend a few days over Easter with friends and my extended Greek family there.\u00a0 With the luxury of only 6 weeks in Greece this time\u00a0as apposed to 6 months last year, I will have just 10 more days to spend with Costas before\u00a0leaving to return\u00a0to New Zealand on Saturday 7 May.<\/p>\n

As of today, Costas now has\u00a0WiFi Internet connected here at the house which\u00a0is going to be so convenient for me.\u00a0 Tomorrow I must also try to\u00a0get back into taking photographs to add interest to my blogs.\u00a0 To date we have not ventured far from the town, however, I’m thinking about walking the 26 kilometres around the island\u00a0…\u00a0the landscape at this time of year takes my breath away\u00a0– with\u00a0herbaceous plants and wild flowers in abundance.\u00a0 One day I would love to transform Costas’ yard into a beautiful garden … he thinks it is too shaded by the\u00a0trees, including lemon and orange, however, I believe otherwise.\u00a0 Currently\u00a0stinging nettle is growing en masse – the soil will be good and with the right plantings, we would be living within our own little paradise.<\/p>\n

I am extremely happy to be here … no disappointments, only time is limited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My journey this year began on 25 March, again from Wanganui, New Zealand, arriving 43 hours later on the small Greek Island of Spetses at 1930 hours local time – Saturday 26 March.\u00a0 Tired and exhausted, Costas was waiting for me as I embarked from the hydrofoil … it is fantastic to be back!\u00a0 No.1 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itisallgreek2me.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itisallgreek2me.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itisallgreek2me.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itisallgreek2me.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itisallgreek2me.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2490"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.itisallgreek2me.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3181,"href":"https:\/\/www.itisallgreek2me.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2490\/revisions\/3181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itisallgreek2me.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itisallgreek2me.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itisallgreek2me.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}