Opening
I don’t know what your weekend was like, but ours up here on the north side of the village was a bit blustery. The wind was from the north-west, pushing the smell of drains back up the pipes in the laundry room (nice), blowing all kinds of things over the courtyard wall, and forcing us to shut the shutters and keep warm. It reminded me of October or early November with the fresh smell of cold in the air, the sea whipped up with white crests, and the harbour empty of tourist boats. Still, not complaining as when I say cold, it was actually around 20 or 22, it just felt cold after the heat earlier in the week.
I spent my time beavering away on yet another new story, as I do, while Neil had to go to Rhodes to get his paperwork ready to start work at the Rainbow this afternoon. I’ve heard (from people in the yUK) that ‘Greece is fully open for tourism as of the end of May…’ Well, I don’t know about ‘fully’, but when Neil popped over to Rhodes for the day there were restrictions in place, so even if you live in a country that Greece accepts visitors from, you won’t find it easy to get around, not at first. A medical form to complete when you buy your boat tickets, a check before you get on the boat, social distancing, specific seats only, half capacity, only one person per cabin on longer journeys, and so on. So, check the Greek news and websites for information from on the ground, rather than hearsay on Fakebook. All I can tell you so far is that Dominic Cummings has not yet been seen breaking his government’s own rules about travel to Greece, but if he does, there will be a good reason why he can break them and the plebs can’t.
But… Apart from all that, today is the day Neil starts work again, which will be helpful for us, but possibly a bit boring for him, and hopefully, successful for Yiannis and the bar. Lefteris Kafeneion is also reopening today as are other places, bit by bit, but until we have visitors… Well, it’s still just wait and see.
