I’ve got a couple of short ‘Symi in 20 seconds’ videos for you today; the usual duff quality but there you go. The first was taken in the harbour yesterday, at the bridge. It’s just to give you a quick glimpse of Yialos as it was yesterday, with cheery music playing from the town hall [...]

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Here’s an early morning, rambling thought. I was just looking at an article in ekathimerini.com on the wonderful subject of ‘Additional burden on tax payers.’ It says that more than 2.5 million people in Greece will be affected by new income-calculating measures in the coming months. Basically, if you own a car, boat, house and [...]

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I woke up thinking about villages and village life. I have no idea why. Maybe because yesterday I heard the town hall announcement through the speakers; it was telling everyone about an event being held last night. I got to thinking that there are actually a huge amount of events held on this small island [...]

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I just found a few photos taken just before Christmas, so there are a couple posted up today. A cold and clear day again today, the heater is on in the ‘fridge’ aka the saloni, or ‘office’ or ‘my room’ where I write, and where the piano lives. It’s also the room where we spent [...]

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Now I know there are things I should be doing this morning, and today, but having just swept up the glitter from the sitting room and made a cup of coffee, I can honestly say that I think I’ve done enough housework for one day already. The Alarm Cat was going off at ungodly o’clock [...]

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This really is very quick and very quiet and only here to give you an idea of the glorious weather that we had on Christmas Day. A quick view from Jenine’s balcony looking over the village towards the sea. I took the sound off because even though there was only a slight breeze it caught [...]

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I was going to say that I woke up to a bright and crisp Christmas Eve morning but… well actually I did, and there are photos to prove it, but now there are clouds hanging about again, though the forecast is set for fine and cold weather for the next few days. I just mention [...]

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Could be getting a bit wet on the way to the harbour today, with slippery steps and wet leaves to watch out for. Ah well, them’s the breaks. Photo of a lemon tree today, one of them in the garden that is. All three have loads of fruit at the moment and all three need [...]

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