Isn’t it odd how the power of television still grabs? We walked into Rainbow last night to discover Symi on the TV. Actually, as we arrived, it was Takis on TV showing his incredible leather work. Later, we had a guided tour of Yialos, a quick foray into Horio, a drive across the island to Panormitis, and some other shots of the island taken, I assume, last summer. This was a SKAI TV programme called Happy Traveller where cheerful chappie, Ευτύχης Μπλέτσας, goes about the country with a selfie stick (and a production crew, no doubt), and does travelogues from various parts of the world; Zambia, Colombia, Symi…
Just strikes me as odd that we get so excited about seeing something on TV that we can see for real simply by sticking our head out of the door. Still, it was good to see my old boss of 20 years ago still going strong and making incredible art on leather.
If you want to see videos of Symi while you wait for your next flight, I heartily recommend Symi TV on YouTube.
Also this weekend… A few strolls around the village…
A neighbour has bought some new courtyard shrubbery from Ikea…
We have been having some lovely weather too. Mind you, it’s not quite enough yet to dry things out and everywhere is still humid and damp. I spent some of the weekend writing, of course, and I have three of my older novels in a special promo, if you’d care to take a look. This is one of those free to browse promos where you can find new authors and titles to add to your reading list. I am searching for an opportunity to put the Symi books in one of these, to give them and the island some more attention, but I’ve not found an outlet yet. Meanwhile, the slightly spooky Saddling series is having an outing. Click the banner to see what else is in the promo.
