04.30 and no sign of Zorba, the storm that’s meant to be heading this way. While we wait for it to either get here or not, here is a varied collection of Symi photos from the archive.
Symi Saturday photos
Category Archives: Day to day on Symi
Photos
Photos
Good morning! Just a few photos today. You can see that the sky over Symi yesterday was a little cloudy, but as yet – 6.00 Friday – there’s no sign of the storm that everyone has been talking about, but it’s still too dark to see the sky properly. Maybe it’ll blow in later.
Folklore Museum
Folklore Museum
I was back out on the road again yesterday for a quick walk up to the monastery overlooking the Pedi valley. From the village square to the main road, up the zigzags and to the turnoff at Ag. Marina, then out along the concrete road, uphill all the way. Back along the same route, except cutting off at Lavinia and walking down through the village rather than by the road. My phone app tells me that was 3.5 miles. The photos tell us that it was warm and sunny, the wind had dropped, and it was a very pleasant afternoon.
I passed by the folklore museum on the way down and took a photo of its opening hours. Apparently, not all of it is open due to lack of staff but what is viewable (the upper part, sadly not the Scala) is free to view. Do go along. I was there two years ago as work was still going on and the curator was about to close the doors for a private tour. We were invited along too, so four of us were given a tour of the whole site, including the rooms that were still being renovated and the Scala (the mansion house), gardens and courtyard. Stunning – or it will be when it’s all finished, if it isn’t already, and when we can get to see everything.
Winding down?
I was out and about for a short wander yesterday and took a few photos, some of which are here today. Waking up this morning, I was surprised to see the cruise ship already in the harbour, it doesn’t usually come in until later. The air is definitely cooler, there’s something of a breeze, and bad weather is forecast for a couple of days’ time. Some forecasts still say Monday, others say Thursday or Friday, but unless the storm front blows itself out, something is definitely heading this way soon. Hopefully it won’t be as bad as some reports are suggesting, but either way, it looks like it will only be around for a couple of days.
Meanwhile, it was bustling in the village square last night. At one point every table was occupied at both bars. We know quite a few people who are leaving today, and many were out enjoying their last holiday night on Symi before heading home. I’m starting to get that end of season feeling already, and there are still several weeks to go before what I call the real end of the season, the last Wednesday of October.
But that’s for the future. Here’s a photo I promised to share with a couple of our Symi Dreamers…
A day and a thank you
A day and a thank you
A walk up the donkey path, fun at the bar and a concert in the square, those were the highlights of yesterday, though I didn’t attend the concert as it started after I’d gone to bed. Today, up at four, work on the book, another stroll this afternoon and then who knows. The air is noticeably cooler this morning, and we are expecting bad weather later in the week. The forecast keeps changing, and it varies from site to site depending on which one you use. I reckon, and I may be wrong, that the forecasts for Symi are never 100% accurate because, as far as I know, we don’t have a weather station here and the forecast comes from either Rhodes airport or somewhere closer in Turkey.
What was also very special about yesterday was having one of my readers (of this blog and my books) sit and chat with me. It’s not just the compliments, but the fact that people take the time and trouble to stop and chat and tell me that the blog is appreciated and the books are good to read. Makes it all worthwhile. It’s not the first time it’s happened, and you know who you are so a big thank you to everyone who has commented on the blog, in person and virtually – it reminds me why I post something almost every day.
