Boats and things
Standing at the window on Sunday afternoon, I saw a speedboat pulling people around on inflatable tires (or something, it was a distance away). The watersports place at Nos must be open, I thought, that’s good. Then I noticed the large umbrella was up at Petalo and saw a line of luxury yachts in the harbour. The Nikolaos X was in, the Spanos had come in and stayed, and the red ‘speedboat’ day boat was there too. There were also a few white sails out at sea. Things must be picking up.
Later, the village was deserted. Well, it was five in the afternoon, and there were a few locals at the bars. Damianos from Georgio’s was saying they were getting some customers of an evening, but it’s a bit etsi-ketsi, and only some of the businesses in Yialos are doing a reasonable trade, so things need to pick up a lot more. You’re supposed to wear masks in public still, and definitely when on the bus, in a taxi or in the shops, but very few visitors (and locals) seem to be aware or bothered. We’ve been covid free since it began, bar one or two very limited cases that luckily led to nothing serious, and it would be good to keep it that way.
Another luxury yacht came in on Monday morning and headed around to Nimborio just as I was heading up the hill for a quick walk. I was back by seven, by which time it was already up to 28 degrees. It’s due to get hotter soon, so if you are heading this way, be prepared.
