Let’s start today of with an unexpected photo of Yiannis doing some wiring work in the bar on a January evening. I think he was tidying up the internet line to the modem. This, a few years ago, would have been an unheard-of sight – a modem in the Rainbow Bar I mean. Not so long ago, all there was in there was a public telephone, which was more private than the one in the square, or the one on the corner of the Kali Strata where the bar used to be. There were others, but I only ever used those three. This was a long time ago – when we first moved here in 2002, we had no internet at home, and had to walk down to the Roloi bar in the back street to see another Yiannis and use his internet café at 56kbps dial-up, but we could only do that at times when he’d paid his phone bill. Now…? Well, now, we have 150 Mbs at home, and landlords wiring modems while owning two mobile phones – mind you, one of them is about 20 years old. Anyway, here’s the photo.
And here’s another one taken in the same place. You might order a glass of wine, but you often end up with three free lemons as a garnish. And very useful they are too.
Another magic moment was caught on Sunday evening when Jenine was allowed to attend ‘Boys’ Night’, I cooked steaks, and, while flambéing, brought down the cooker light ’cos it’s only stuck on with magnets and it came from Temu, so what do you expect? It’s the white thing dropping into the frying pan, caught on camera by Sam, I believe.
And just to keep in with the Symi theme, here’s a shot from a walk the other morning. Sunny, as you can see, very green after the high tide, and a pleasant little ramble along a simple lane which always reminds me of walks in the Kentish countryside. It looks like it will be another sunny day today, so later, I may well venture outside for more than five minutes. We’ll see.
