{"id":3233,"date":"2012-05-07T21:16:17","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T21:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itisallgreek2me.com\/?p=3233"},"modified":"2012-10-13T19:19:48","modified_gmt":"2012-10-13T19:19:48","slug":"from-may-day-to-greek-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itisallgreek2me.com\/?p=3233","title":{"rendered":"From May Day to Greek Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"
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May Day Flowers on doorway – Spetses<\/p><\/div>\n

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An entire week since last I posted a Blog … some of you will be suffering withdrawal for which I apologise.\u00a0 Having so much\u00a0fun, the days and nights come and go very quickly.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last Tuesday – May Day –\u00a0 a public holiday in Greece for workers.\u00a0 Families make wreaths of flowers to hang on their doorways whist in strong contrast, others protest and hold strikes.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wednesday was the 2nd Anniversary for Costas and I … went out\u00a0at 1330 hours to Filippos for an English breakfast – yummy – yet another glorious day and a very pleasant outing.\u00a0 In the evening I went early to the Bar.\u00a0 Costas’ team Tottenham were playing and John and Jerry were making regular telephone calls to update him.\u00a0 It was one of those nights when I stayed until closing.\u00a0 A\u00a0late night not conducive to an early morning walk … never mind, I go out whenever I can and hope one day this week to walk the 26 kilometres around the island\u00a0if there is a day which is not going to be too hot, however, with some sun to assist with photographic opportunities.\u00a0 Saturday’s walk took me by Blueberry Hill … long since abandoned, it was once an open air disco where people danced under the stars.\u00a0 On Thursday I may go with Ray and Heather on the boat over to the mainland … a chance to give\u00a0their car a run, visit the market and so on.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lemon trees are a very common sight here in the island homes’ gardens …Costas needs around 100 litres of juice to see him through the summer months in the Bar and at this time of the year, people bring him bags of lemons to squeeze and freeze in 500ml plastic water bottles.\u00a0 On Thursday I made 9 litres, today another 6 litres …\u00a0I quite enjoy the task, productive but non stressful.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Friday we met Ray and Heather at Bouboulina Restaurant for lunch at 1500 hours.\u00a0 Costas had asked the cook to make Beef Stroganoff for us … we started with a selection of salads, followed by what was an enjoyable main meal, however, it was not a traditional Beef Stroganoff.\u00a0 Furthermore, one of our salads was Agria Horta (wild greens) and Costas asked for another portion to take home.\u00a0 After discovering the next day that we had not been given Agria Horta, he went back to voice his disappointment on two counts.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

It has been a full on weekend … Friday, Ray, Heather and I went from Bouboulina to Mayo for a few drinks, then on to Bar Spetsa where I was delighted to see Paddy and Wendy.\u00a0 We met during my\u00a0first\u00a0week on the island in May 2010 and until now, our visits to Spetses have not coincided.\u00a0 On Saturday I decided to go early to the Bar as I enjoy the opportunity to sit and chat with Costas until it gets busy and did it ever get busy!\u00a0 He was working alone and\u00a0the Bar was pumping …\u00a0he unwound\u00a0after closing at 0230 hours\u00a0when we enjoyed\u00a0a few drinks with Roland and Eleni at Balkoni Bar until 0500 hours in the morning.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Of course, yesterday saw the Greek elections and as predicted,\u00a0the two\u00a0big parties who have dominated politics for decades, \u00a0took huge cuts in the vote counting … now\u00a0Greece faces an even greater\u00a0uncertainty for the\u00a0future.\u00a0 It is not clear who is going to govern the country and the people have made it clear they do not want anymore cuts.\u00a0 The Neo\u00a0Nazi party Golden Dawn received 7% of the vote … where will all this lead?\u00a0 No one knows.\u00a0 We were to meet Ray and Heather for lunch at Paradise … I set off in the heat of the day to walk there\u00a0and got lost trying to take a shortcut, the little streets being something of a maze.\u00a0 Ray had been dispatched on the bike to look for me, coming all the way to the house but to no avail – silly me.\u00a0 A pleasant lunch\u00a0after which Costas left to return home and watch Tottenham on the tele … we three stayed on, finally leaving on the bike at 2200 hours and on to Bar Spetsa – home shortly after.\u00a0 During the afternoon, Debbie, Michelle and Panayiotis were in our company.\u00a0 But, best of all was the moon rising as yesterday it was the closest and largest full moon of this year.\u00a0 In short, the earth, moon and sun all in a line with the moon in it’s nearest approach to earth … amazing!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Today, as with every day, I sunbathed for an hour around midday, my tan coming along very nicely thank you.\u00a0 Looking up into the bluest of skies, watching the seagulls gliding through the air – I thought to myself, I wouldn’t mind coming back as\u00a0a seagull\u00a0in my next life.\u00a0 Met Costas for lunch at Spetsiotiko, partaking of one of our favourite meals … Barbounakia (small red mullet).\u00a0 Sitting there on the seafront in Dapia, I said how blessed we are to be living\u00a0on this island – it truly is a\u00a0Paradise!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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