Simply 10 random photos today.
10 random photos
Minerva
Minerva
Minerva was the Roman goddess of wisdom and other handy things, the Greek equivalent is Athena. It is also the name of a nicely old fashioned (the interior) cruise ship that called into Symi on Monday, early in the morning. Its arrival attracted the attention of the Alarm Cat who wanted to make sure everyone on board was up and ready for their day.
The cruises they offer include distinguished guest speakers such as: “Rear Admiral Namechange CB CBE, who will deliver engaging talks relative to your itinerary.” Can’t wait for that one – snoozing off over my fine dining “of international dishes to tempt you” while learning all about double ended crankshaft sprocket maintenance and the benefits of a well lubed intake valve. No, I’m sure he is a wonderful speaker and I just realised it said ‘engaging talks’ I thought it said engineering talks. I need to get out more.
Anyway, that was the highlight of Jack’s day yesterday, that and a good long snooze on the bathroom roof once he’d got over the fact that he only had three breakfasts and stopped whining about it.
Just to keep you in the loop; I’m away on Wednesday so there may not be a blog on Thursday, then I’m away the following week for three or four days so I’ll have a bit of a rest then too. But before all that, here are a few more random photos from recently.
Symi weekend
Symi weekend
A few photos from a sunny weekend which included a walk to Yialos, and around, a lunch at To Spitiko, a bus-ride back up and a walk down into the village. On Sunday we took a walk up to the museum and had a look around. It’s been wonderfully restored, through the Sala and a new wing are not quite ready, but we were told it will be ready by the end of the year. Entrance is free, at least at the moment, and the restoration works have been done with some funding from the EU – I doubt the UK will get any such treatment if the mad people in charge there pull the plug on Europe. (Angry face icon not available.)
The harbour was again busy on Saturday with three packed day boats and a cruise ship, plus a hydrofoil from Turkey. The weather was calm and the sea flat. It’s hot in the sun and feels a bit chilly, to me, in the shade, but we’re still in shorts and light shirts. By the way, the Dodecanese Seaways timetable for the beginning of November is now up, they hadn’t decided on the schedule when I last saw it which was why it was empty. Neil can get back to Symi on the Saturday he needs to, but only to Panormitis. He’ll have to get a bus from there or walk. Anyway, here are some random images from the weekend for you.
Winter boat schedules, Symi
Winter boat schedules, Symi
Everything is under control and things are going well here. We’re out and about some days, staying in and being homely on others, the weather is fair again though you can feel the temperature dropping and the sea is calm. All’s well.
I learned a handy tip from Andy who runs the Symi Visitor Travel blog. This may be of interest to anyone coming and going through the winter. I was looking around for boats in November and looked at my usual two sites, Blue Star and Dodecanese Seaways. Blue Star has the timetable there but Dodec doesn’t as yet. (At least that’s what I thought, read on…) Andy suggested looking at Sea Dreams, the day boat that comes in, and I’d not thought to do that as I wasn’t expecting it to run in the winter.
There’s a link to the Timetable in the top menu and then you click on the Symi-Panormitis subtitle and the timetable opens up. It’s dated all the way through to the 6th March next year. I was looking at a week in November when Neil is coming back from his family visit. Although there’s not a sailing on the Saturday he needs, there is one the following day so if all else fails he can come back on the good old Symi for a bit of nostalgia. The link to Sea Dreams is right here.
By the way, looking at the Dodecanese Seaways timetable for November I noticed that there are sailings advertised from 14th November through to 20th December (and possibly beyond, but I didn’t look that far). The Pride is running on six days per week, four of them to Symi – Monday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Strangely, they haven’t listed anything for the first two weeks of November, which means, I assume, the boats will be having a service at that time. Or else they’ve not decided what to do with them yet.
Amway, I didn’t sit down here to babble on about boats, though the links might be handy for you. I sat down to share some more photos, which I’ve done now, so I’m off. Have a good day.
Thursday
Thursday
Thursday was… changeable in the morning as these shots from my desk will show you. When things brightened up as they always do around here, we went to Yialos where there was a cruise ship in. Along with the day boats, it made for quite a busy harbour.
