Second week
Thursday 9th April 2015
Bright and sunny this morning only 9° though. It did get up to 17° but never felt that warm because of the cold wind.
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| Phil and Fox – the Marvel puppy |
We went over to the Marvel to meet Alison, who arrived today, she is the lady who gave me the photo of Spiros when he was 18 years old. I had some T-shirts printed for the May, Marvel regulars a few years ago – commonly known as the Mayhems.
We went down to Sharons for a quiz. This time to raise money for Roz and Nick. Roz was diagnosed with Breast cancer a few years ago. After being given the all clear over a year ago, she is now poorly again. We are raising funds for some things she desperately needs. There were about 20 people attending, but we raised €170.
I didn't take a photo because we were all huddled round the side out of the wind. So here is one of the van.
Poppy had the time of her life with some new victims to throw her stick for her. Sharon and Danielle made a gorgeous Lemon and Orange cake. We drove to Sidari after the quiz to get some shopping as the supermarkets will be closed for four days for Greek easter.
Friday 10th April 2015
Our cleaner came this morning, so we sat outside in the beautiful hot sunshine. When she had gone Phil and I made some Marmalade from our 'free' Oranges and Lemons.
This evening we decided to go to Lithero for a Pizza as we had seen that they are opening on Friday and Saturday at the moment. I messaged our friends Christine and Steve to see if they fancied joining us. They said they would drive down and meet us there. When Phil and I got there they were closed………I was gutted and our friends were on their way. When they arrived Steve said jump in we will go somewhere else.
He took us to Bavias Taverna, just outside Sidari.
We have never been there so I was looking forward to trying somewhere new. The place was almost full, our friends Andy and Fiona from Sea Monkeys were there too. The food was superb, I had a Stuffed Bifteki, it is the best one I have ever had, and I have had a few! We had 4 starters to share, 4 Main courses, 2 litres of wine, and the bill came to €60 – about £10 a head in UK.
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| Cozy fire! |
When we left Steve drove us back to their house for a nightcap sitting in front of their wonderful fire.
Steve dropped us back home. We had a great evening, with good friends, food, wine and conversation.
Saturday 11th April 2015
What a glorious day we woke up to, no wind and sunny all day long. We had toast and our home made Marmalade for breakfast, and I must say it is delicious. We made our way down to Sharons for a Charity BBQ this afternoon in aid of Roz again. It was a great turn out, there must have been about 40 or 50 people there. We had a very pleasant afternoon, meeting up with old friends, eating and drinking in the sunshine. Bob White kindly entertained us with his great singing and guitar playing.
Poppy had a great time, 2 little girls took her under their wing and loved throwing sticks for her. They even came over when they were leaving and said what a clever dog she is and great fun to play with. Will and Danielle have just given a home to an abandoned puppy. It is the cutest little thing.
We sat and watched the sun go down, not the most spectacular sunset, but lovely just the same.
Sunday 12th April 2015
Another beautiful day today, up to 22° this afternoon. We had a lovely afternoon with Spiros and Alison, they brought us some Greek Lamb (Kokoretsi) and 'Red dyed eggs' We sat on our balcony drinking and chatting, it is really good to spend quality time with special friends. Phil watched the Grand Prix and he was very happy when Hamilton won.
Monday 13th April 2015
Granddaughter Larissa's 26th birthday today, I hope she has a lovely day.
It is another beautiful day here 20° we had a lazy day sitting out in our garden, sunbathing and I was crocheting a shawl for my soon to be born great grandson.
I love days like this it was so peaceful.
We have a beautiful Judas tree in the garden just coming into flower. Cercis siliquastrum from which Judas Iscariot is reputed to have hanged himself.
Tuesday 14th April 2015
20° again today – sunshine all day. We decided to drive to Acharavi for some shopping, lunch and to buy a Wi fi booster to see if we can get a better internet connection. Phil is a bit upset that he could have got one for £10 off ebay because we paid €30 – lets hope it works!
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| Lunch Greek Salad, chips and nice coffee |
This evening we went along to the opening evening at Brouklis Taverna. Quite a few people were there locals and tourists too. Not sure which category we are!
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| Brouklis Taverna |
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| Pumpkin pie |
Spiros and Alison joined us and we had a lovely evening finding out more about what they got up to when they were 18. It is a privilege for us, for them to share their memories with us. We had Pumpkin pie, Stuffed Bifteki and Roula's famous Orange cake. Roula joined us after work, she is so happy to see Alison again after 30 years. Apparently she was like a mother to her. The Boss looked happy at the end of the evening so I guess all went well. I hope they have a good season.
Wednesday 15th April 2015
We woke up to sunshine again. I could get used to this. Phil decided to stay home and connect up the Wi Fi booster. I went out for lunch with Alison we went to a lovely little taverna between Stylo and Roda. There was a beautiful view over the countryside to the sea.
The food was delicious Alison had Calamari and I had spit roast Chicken breast with Greek salad. When I got back Phil had set the booster up but it was only working on my laptop and not his.
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I called in at the UK shop as Laura had saved me 2 copies of the new Corfu Gazette. If anyone is interested in having an email copy every month- send your request to corfugazette@gmail.com – you can also find them on facebook.com/corfugazette.
We stayed in tonight and I made a casserole.
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| This is Poppy chilling after her dinner |
Well the end of our second week, time is flying by, I am looking forward to next week as my friend Barbara is arriving on Sunday for a week. We have a birthday party next week too.I would imagine quite a few more places will be opening when they see the planes overhead and the coaches coming into the village.
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