Things around here are starting to get festive. There’s the Christmas tree in the Rainbow bar and the lights around the village, and now, we have splashed out on a new tree too. For years we were dealing with one we’d had since before 2007. I know this because on New Year’s Eve that year when Neil broke his heel, we had to go to Rhodes on 2nd January, and he ended up in hospital for an operation. The next day, or day after, I had to nip back to Symi to collect some things as he was going to be there for a week or more. Lefteris gave me a lift up from the hydrofoil, I dashed around the house putting away the decorations, packing bags, and sorting out work things via emails. That left the Christmas tree which I picked up, baubles and all, bunged in a bag and shoved in the mousandra. Before I knew it, I was back in Rhodes. The next year, we simply took it out of the bag and bunged it in a corner, and there you go. Anyway, last year, we’d had enough of the poor old thing, so we bought another one from a cheap online shop. This arrived in a pizza box. You put together the stand (four pieces), placed the round, shiny, horrible, plastic thing over the top and let it drop. Hey presto! A Christmas tree. It was so light and portable, we took it to Athens where Neil ended up wearing it on his head. We left it behind.
This year, we have a stunning arrangement, bought locally.
Mind you, that’s a close-up shot of it. It’s not exactly worthy of Syntagma Square, but it’s cute and does its job.
The Christmas programme from the town hall is also out. There will be a succession of carol singing, dance shows, markets, and other events in the weeks leading up to St Vasilis Day on January 1st. I’ll put the info at the bottom of this post for you to read or translate.
I have a busy day today what with a physio session later this morning, an online meeting at one, a piano lesson at three followed by the final part of the Mozart series with my student who is then staying for tea so we can watch an old Treasure Hunt or something. All that after getting up at four because I was in bed by nine last night. As for the weather, it’s back to normal, though only for a couple of days. Apparently, another wet and wild weekend lies ahead.
