When we
got up this morning, reality struck, despite our little holiday house being the
perfect seaside cottage, there was not one drop of food in the house and the
only way to solve was to drive into the village.
Everything
seems like an effort now you see, all the relaxing has done this to us :)
When
fogging our way to the car Nancy’s mum called us over to the main house to tell
us she wanted to give us just a small something to eat to start the day.
Watermelon...
Fresh figs (from the garden)...honey dew melon...grapes...fresh bread...apricot
marmalade (made by Nancy's mum from the apricot tree)...cheeses...coffee. It
was wonderful.
We then
went into the village and did a supermarket shop for our house so we don't
encroach on the hospitality, came back and went to the beach. The beach is the
family's private beach and it’s about 40m from where we are staying. How has it
taken me this long to come to Nancy’s village? No wonder Nancy comes here
yearly. This beach side village is amazing.
For lunch
we went to a cafe where the waiter said "here's what they've made
today...and she listed the items" $30 later between 5 people, we were
completely full (re-occuring theme here) and it would easily be the best Greek
food I have ever eaten. So fresh, so delicious.
We then
came back to the house and did a little reading on our balcony which overlooks
the sea and some cliff tops. John, Jo and Jamie then had a nap and I wandered
down to the main house and chatted with Alex's partner, Shannon and also
Nancy's Uncle. Nancy's Uncle is a really sweet man and wouldn't look out of
place on the set of My Big Fat Greek wedding. He sits on the balcony eternally
with a cigarette in one hand and a fly swatter in the other smacking every fly
that comes close and alternates between modern conversations and "een the
eenglish language there are seventeen thousand words all from the Greek
language..."
After
another swim at 7 (its light until 9:30) we got dressed and went back to the main
house for Nancy's nieces birthday party. 30 people came for a 'casual low key
gathering'. You should have seen all the food (no surprise to you that Nancy’s
mum and aunt had cooked all day and the tables were covered will all Greek
delicious foods.)
We ate and
chatted the night away village style.
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