{"id":2693,"date":"2011-04-17T17:54:34","date_gmt":"2011-04-17T17:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itisallgreek2me.com\/?p=2693"},"modified":"2012-04-26T11:16:49","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T11:16:49","slug":"week-no-3-on-spetses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itisallgreek2me.com\/?p=2693","title":{"rendered":"Week No.3 on Spetses"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Open fire at Costas 17 April 2011<\/p><\/div>\n

Halfway through my stay and I feel very grateful to be here … the one and only dampener – the frustration of not being able to overcome the cold, flu, bug or whatever it is I have that has refused to leave me for two weeks’ now.\u00a0 Today I started a course of antibiotics – I hope to be feeling better than this before Wednesday when I make my journey to Crete.\u00a0 Rest assured, I’m being incredibly well looked after.<\/p>\n

With many late nights out in the bar, I like to walk whenever I can in the sun and fresh air – camera in hand, looking for any photographic opportunities.\u00a0 On one such day, starting on the waterfront road by The Poseidonion and statue of Bouboulina – the island’s heroine –\u00a0heading out of town past The Anastis Church by the sea and the Anaryirios and Koulayanios College, the only working public school in Greece with numerous\u00a0very large buildings, set amidst\u00a0partially neglected park like grounds.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The narrow streets of Spetses\u00a0would be a town planner’s nightmare, however, they offer so much with the wrought iron gates and window grills and wooden doors and shutters … homes abandoned, others humble, standing\u00a0alongside mansions.<\/p>\n

Our lunch date on Thursday to meet Raymond and Heather went ahead but not at The Poseidonion … still not organised to open for lunch there and so it was we ended up at Phillipos for salads and pasta.\u00a0 Friday\u00a0saw me taking a little excursion at\u00a01055 hours on the Flying Dolphin XXIX\u00a0 hydrofoil\u00a0to Hydra to meet\u00a0my Canadian writer friend Anna.\u00a0\u00a0We enjoyed\u00a0lunch at a quiet and peaceful Taverna a short walk up from the harbour to the back of town then said our farewells as she boarded the Flying Cat 2 catamaran, the beginning of\u00a0Anna’s journey to\u00a0Lemnos.\u00a0 Within an hour I was back on the same Flying Dolphin returning to Spetses around 1600 hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is almost impossible to describe the atmosphere that prevails at Bar Spetsa.\u00a0 Friday evening I went there early, planning to come home early – jokingly Costas said,\u00a0“What, 0430 hours?”\u00a0 It was one of those nights with a party atmosphere … kept company with Alex and\u00a0two young Athenian women, here for\u00a0a weekend stay at the Poseidonion and looking to have\u00a0a good time.\u00a0 They had no prior knowledge of Bar Spetsa, walked by, came in and so it was\u00a0Costas finally closed at 0510 hours and we came home to sleep.\u00a0 Last night being Saturday we expected things to be much the same, however, to the contrary, it was far more subdued … quiet drinkers, heavy smokers (the Greek Government’s latest bid to\u00a0ban smoking in public places as of 1 September 2010 failed miserably)\u00a0much conversation and as always, fantastic music.\u00a0 I left early around 1230 hours and tonight I’m at home.\u00a0 It seems winter has returned\u00a0 …\u00a0as I sit by the open fire, it is very cold and wet outside.<\/p>\n

Wednesday\u00a0I leave\u00a0on my journey to Crete to\u00a0stay with my extended Greek family in Kastelli\u00a0… probably my friends from Hania will also spend Easter\u00a0there.\u00a0 Right now I plan to rest, keep warm and hope in another three days I will be feeling a great deal better and up to the task.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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