We love:
-swimming every single day, sometimes twice
-the smell of Greek laundry soap
-fresh bread from the neighbouring village(because our host says its better and she shares their loaf with us)
-spanakopita from our bakery
-waking up to the sound of the sea and nothing else(well, maybe a mule braying or the ferry leaving)
-collecting beach glass for a future project
-my new hat from a shop in Katapola
-Greek yogurt with fresh plums from our yard and fresh honey from our hosts' bees
-Mythos beer
- beautiful feta cheese- Rachel even likes goat cheese now
-the sun- we are slowly able to not squint and our skin is slowly turning from red to brown
-the wind- makes for interesting swimming
-Altar- our hosts' dog who has taken to coming to visit us in our house
-getting up at night and going onto the balcony to look out to sea, or getting up pre-dawn to do the same, or lying in bed looking out the balcony at the full moon
-our house which is so fantastic and comfortable and luxurious and private and perfect we may never leave
MORE LISTS TO COME
Met Ann and Janice from Yorkshire, England several days ago, lovely gals who made us laugh out loud repeatedly. We were all on the same bus heading to Katapola and ended up in the same cafe later on drinking Caffe Freddos(the best iced cappuccino I have ever had). I went to the bathroom and newly social butterfly Rocco had started chatting them up.
I had spotted them earlier when the bus was loading and thought, "I think those gals are our people, or as Suzo says, "They must go to the same barber." They too, well especially Ann, had a problem with the whole issue of putting on a skirt to be able to get into the monastery. We joked about the "so-wrongs", they hiked to the location and had a look around but didn't go in. We invited them over to our house the following day for gin and tonics(which ended up being beers) and had a great visit, talking about books, movies, work, people, countries, politics and of course travel.
What we are reading:
YP- just finished Pilgrim by Timothy Findley
R2- just finished The Garden of Departed Cats by Bilge Karasu (Turkish Writer)
What we are viewing:
Weeds- Season Five just started- very happy
The Burning Plain, The Lucky Ones- movies
In Treatment- we continue to slog through this series a bit painful for a Greek island in summer.
State of Play- British series on which the current movie is based- we will start tonite.
5 comments:
I might have to buy a ticket to Greece and spend the month of August in Amorgos. I could do it. Even though I hate to travel.
Suzo,
August is excellent month to visit Amorgos, we have a very comfortable pull-out couch waiting for you.
oh my god. we want to go there. that sounds glorious! and you found ladies who go to the same barber? how delightful. and your new hat is fantastic. you look like a pirate queen.
everything sounds and looks so perfect! I am soooo wanting to be there with you both.
Instead of going to Amorgos for the month of August I have decided to go to Hornby Island for a week in August. It's not really the same, but it is definitely cheaper and soon we have to buy a stupid car again as our free ride is over.
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