Kali Strata, there and back again
Yesterday, I had a package to collect from the bookshop, so I took a stroll down the Kali Strata for the first time in weeks. The package was a copy of my latest novel, which I had ordered via Amazon Germany to avoid the balls-up caused by the B-word that’s still affecting deliveries from countries outside of the EU. I am now ordering online only from EU countries (Amazon Germany, France or Italy) and from America because that has never caused extra expense either. If there was an Amazon Greece, I’d use them, obviously, but I use Greek companies for things I can’t currently get on Symi as and when I need to. https://www.skroutz.gr/ is a great place to start.
I was also able to pick up a new charger for my phone and a lead for my new headphones before walking back up the steps. For a reason best known to anyone but me, I decided to take the more direct route home, and turned right opposite the red-painted house towards the bottom of the Kali Strata. The steps there are pretty sheer, a bit like a ladder at times, and about 10 inches high, but that’s good for the thigh muscles. They take you to near Villa Papa Nicola, and a zigzag path, so it is not all steps, and needless to say, I stopped to take photos at every opportunity and breathe.
Because of the hour shift, I’d woken hideously late, 6.30 or something that felt like mid-morning to me, and so, I didn’t have time to work on my book. This morning, I was up at 3.00 and apart from going shopping and perhaps taking a quick 20-minutes’ exercise, I have plenty of time to work on the new book. Which reminds me, I have a question to ask. Is anyone good at creating maps? For my last Clearwater book, I want to include a map of Europe (1890) showing the basics, but looking like a real map, with the route of a journey highlighted. The journey is by train from Bodmin, England, to Rasnov, Romania, via London, Paris, Vienna, Budapest, and back via the Orient Express from Temesvar. If anyone knows anyone who might be able to produce something realistic, would you drop me a line or put a note on the FB page? It’s not vital, I just thought it would be a nice addition to the beginning of the book. Ta. Something like this (which is a modern one):
Oh, weather update: Warming up again, no wind, calm, sunny, 18 in the courtyard, all is well.
