Olive, Feta & Ouzo (with or without octopus)
I’ve found a feast of a blog for you today, two in fact.
Coming from only a stone’s throw away from Symi, from Rhodes, Olive Feta & Ouzo is a blog by my mate Amanda Settle. It’s partly food-themed and there are varied posts as well as recipes. We met Amanda through working with the refugee and local charity on Symi, ‘Solidarity Symi’, as she was then running the Rhodes equivalent, ‘Helping Hands.’ There are posts about last years’ crisis of refugees too, under the Opinions page heading, and if you are hankering for photos, then check out the iPhonegraphy section.
You can click this link to take a look at Olive, Feta & Ouzo.
And, while we are on the subject of blogs away from home, you might want to take a look at An Octopus In My Ouzo, a blog by Tilos resident, Jennifer Barclay. As well as posts about life on the island, and her travels elsewhere, there is a handy section towards the bottom listing links to other Greek books, destinations and information, as well as info about Tilos itself. I just checked out the Tilos section to find some photos of where I am going on Friday (though I have been before) and to read some of the readers’ comments. I think I’ll save the rest of the site and its links for when I am there, though I am supposed to be on a working break.
You can click this link to find Jennifer’s blog.
And now you will be wondering if I will be blogging while I am away. You weren’t? Oh dear. Well, I may be, let’s put it that way. I am heading over to ‘next door’ on Friday night with the aim of getting down to some uninterrupted work on the next novel – while the editor beavers away on ‘Remotely’ (he is now thinking July will be the release month, I’ll keep you posted). If the mood takes me, I will put up some photos, like those here today which are from last years’ visit, and if anything amusing happens I will, of course, report on it. I must make sure I don’t get into trouble though, like last time when I made some comment about everyone going to bed early – but that’s another story.
I’m looking forward to it and am taking many books and a laptop with me so I can get on with the next story which is set in the south of England in the week before Christmas. That might be a challenge as, of June 1st, someone here has put the thermostat up and we’re suddenly hot again. But that’s what it’s all about: imagination. I also have to work on my next college assignment, writing a treatment for the film I’ve been working on, not a job I enjoy doing, but a necessary one. I think I will think on that during my writing breaks as I sit on a balcony and look at the sea, in the sun, before taking an evening stroll and heading to a taverna. Sounds a lot like being at home.
Anyway; take a look at these other two great blogs so if I don’t pop up with anything for a week, after today, you will have something else to check up on to get your Greek and local-to-Symi, and Symi fix, while I am away.
And, while I am away don’t forget, if you live on Symi, that the ladies from the British Consulate in Rhodes are coming over and will be available for an informal chat about life on Symi, and what work they do in Rhodes, at The Olive Tree between 6.30 pm and 8.30 pm on Wednesday, June 8th . And also, don’t worry about Neil. Jack, the Alarm Cat is staying behind with him to make sure he cleans up his dirt tray and gets his various breakfasts during the day. Or is it the other way around? No, I think I was right the first time.
You can click this link to take a look at Olive, Feta & Ouzo.
You can click this link to find Jenifer’s blog.
And, of course, you can click this link to read Adriana’s Symi blog.
