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Tea with friends

31/3/2014

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PictureSunset from my balcony
Made more new friends today: on my way to the hot springs yesterday I saw signs to a workshop selling craft products made chiefly from olive wood, and, with fond memories of the year I spent in Virginia many moons ago working in a woodshop, I tracked it down this morning – to discover that the couple who run it are English ex-pats, with an extremely musical daughter. So… having picked out several beautiful olive-wood items whilst chatting about everything from woodwork to animal welfare on the island to care homes to Jimmy Page’s double-necked guitar (of which their daughter has a replica), I then settled down to a cup of Yorkshire tea (bliss!) with them on their patio looking out onto olive groves, and surrounded by their many rescue dogs and cats, while we continued to natter, now mainly about music – which is always fine by me! They have very kindly invited me back on Saturday (the day before I leave) to meet their daughter (who is at school in Mytilene all week) and spend the afternoon with them eating, drinking and playing – and probably doing a fair amount of talking… I like it here!

Walking along the beach this afternoon, I realised it was not completely deserted as it has been every day since I got here – there was a woman walking towards me with three dogs, one of which came bounding up to me when they got closer. The woman turned out to be Dutch, but has lived on the island for nineteen years, and all three dogs were – of course – rescues. I gathered from her that I’ve been lucky with the weather – at this time of year it can be pretty awful. Someone up there must like me, as it’s been lovely so far – though you wouldn’t know that from the way the locals are all huddled up in their fleeces! I must be a bit more hardy than I realised, as I’m happy walking around in T-shirt, cropped trousers and sandals, and my balcony is a real sun trap in the late afternoon.

A cat has miraculously just appeared on my balcony – miraculously because it’s two floors up and I’m not sure where it came from. It must have sensed that there’s food on my table. Do cats like Gouda? We’ll see…

Yes, they do.

Oh crikey – now another one’s appeared. Maybe it was a mistake giving one of them food?... Better give that one a bit too...

Anyway, moving swiftly on… Tomorrow I drive down to Skala Eressos to see a friend – hopefully it will be a more straightforward drive than the obstacle-beset one from Mytilene to Molyvos when I first arrived on the island – that seems like an age ago now!


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