Friday didn’t happen. Well, yes, it did, but not in the way it was meant to. I had booked an appointment for a consultation with a dentist in Rhodes, and that was set for 11.00. I booked the boat ticket (07.45 out, 18.15 back), and that was that. An hour later, I had a message from Blue Star saying that due to bad weather, the boat would be coming in two hours early at 5.30. I didn’t much fancy being up at 4.00 and spending the next 16 hours travelling and hanging around Rhodes for a 10-minute appointment. So, I changed the appointment to this Friday instead, and there’s a chance Neil will be coming too, and we should both be able to meet up with Harry for a late lunch. (The ferry ended up coming in at 6.15.)
It’ll be nice to catch up with the chap as we’ve not seen him for a few weeks. His brother was with him over the weekend as they were going to Manolis’ wedding in Faliraki. (Manolis from the Kali Strata Restaurant, where both boys work.) I can’t help but wonder how Sam, at 6’3”, managed to share his brother’s digs, because he’s only got one room and it’s only about 6’3” x 3’6” (for a couple of hundred a month, thank you very much – oh, and no kitchen either), but they must have managed somehow.
As for the weather, it’s been hovering around a humid 20° in the shade, and we’ve been using the dehumidifier overnight. Taking short walks in the afternoon, and the village is so quiet you wouldn’t recognise it. It was livelier yesterday afternoon because Georgio’s has started having musicians play on Sunday lunchtimes, and it is proving very popular. So popular, that after yesterday’s lunch sitting, they were just thinking about packing up and cleaning down the kitchen, when the wedding party from Panormitis rang to book a table for 30 people. Very last minute if you ask me.
