Sixth week
Thursday 7th May 2015
28° today – I called at Hippopots http://www.hippopots.com/ for some items we had ordered –
These are for Sandra as she collects items for her kitchen with the Union Jack on. We joked that this is the modern version of Hilda Ogden's flying ducks.
Then I went up to Kaloudis to sit in the sun with Sandra and Carol, we all went for a swim too.
This evening we went to Armourada for a meal in their beautifully refurbished restaurant. I asked Leon if I should wipe my feet before entering – but he said 'Tis OK' Food was superb as usual.
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New ramp in the entrance |
After the meal Phil and I walked back to the Marvel for a nightcap. Sue and Frank were there and we ended up by having several nightcaps, putting the world to rights and watching the election results being announced. I can't believe it is three weeks since they arrived, Sue always looks stunning but her holiday has really done her good after her Quadruple by-pass operation. It was gone 2am when we left. It was a fantastic evening with great friends.
Friday 8th May 2015
29° Today, Sandra and Carol arrived with a doggy bag of items they have not used, taking pity on us poor pensioners lol. We all went to Sharon's for a quiz this afternoon, we teamed up with Kes and Kath again. There were some good thought provoking questions – Malcolm is a great question master. We didn't come last – but not in the top 3.
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Well it was 29° |
We had to say goodbye to our four team mates as they were all flying home this evening. I am so pleased Sandra and Carol liked Arillas – I am sure they will be back. They wanted to do a trip to Paxos and Antipaxos, but there were not enough people wanting to do it, so it was cancelled. Maybe next time. Phil and I stayed in and had a relaxing evening. I watched the last episode of Poldark, at long last – it was so sad, was really blubbing at the end. It has left it wide open for the next series though.
My sister in law Helen, sent me this photo of her and a colleague. They work in a Tesco garage, this is how they celebrated VE day.
Apparently Cleethorpes had the honour of lighting one of the beacons, I would have loved to have been there to see that as it was on 'Ross Castle' – a favourite place of ours when we were kids, to play on.
Phil is full of 'Man flu' bless him – he slept 12 hours last night, and then went for another couple of hours this afternoon. I think I will be getting it soon – my throat is sore and glands are swollen.
I walked round the garden and took a few photos – everything is looking lovely.
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Bottle brush tree-Persimmon |
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Loquats |
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Wisteria peeping out under the arch. |
Today I was reading about local wine (well I would, wouldn't I).
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The Theotoky Estate |
I came across a website for The Theotoky Estate and found that they have a fantastic Library – I would be in my element here –
Wine and books – it is not too far from us so we may visit it.
http://www.theotoky.com/
http://www.theotoky.com/library-theotoky-estate/
I loved reading about the Olive oil and wine
– this extract made me smile:-
Preferred by James Bond.
Theotoky wine received a unique (and unsought!) accolade – specifically named as his preferred tipple by none other than Her Majestys' Secret Agent, James Bond (Roger Moore), in “For Your Eyes Only” (1981), made on location in Corfu asked if he would like to drink some white wine Bond says, “If you'll forgive me, that's a little too scented for my palate. I prefer the Theotaki Aspro (sic)”. He meant, of course, the “Theotoki aspro” i.e. “Theotoky white”.If it's good enough for 007, why not follow suit and select Theotoky fine wine!007 prefers Theotoky white!
Stayed in tonight , Phil didn't want a full blown meal, he had scrambled eggs and I had an omelette and jacket potato with home made coleslaw. Early night for both of us after I had a quick look at this evening's webcam – I think it looks spectacular – there was thunder and lightening over Mathraki Island – it missed us though.
Sunday 10th May 2015
26° sunny, with periods of cloud, almost looked like it was going to rain, but it didn't. I cooked one of Lauras UK Gold sausage rings today, we had sausage butties for lunch and sausage, new potatoes, peas and sweetcorn for our evening meal. Phil went across to the Marvel to watch Hamilton loose the Grand Prix while I stayed in for a bit of a pamper session and to have a read.
A friend of ours daughter, Laurie Belshaw took this beautiful photo of the sunset in arillas tonight – I just had to share it here.
We are still feeling rough so another early night for us.
I did get a couple of photos from Larissa that cheered me up. Archie seems to change with every photo.
Monday 11th May 2015
24° I had a really rough night, hardly slept a wink, got up twice for a drink and paracetamol. Lazy day again.
I got another photo of Archie he is so gorgeous just look at those kissable chunky cheeks. Laid back, happy baby in his granddads arms.
Here is one of Larissa – his mum – when she was 3 months old – the resemblance is uncanny.
Stayed in tonight and had Pizza and Greek salad. Washed down with a rather nice Greek red wine at 5 euros for 1 1/2 litres – pushing the boat out.
Tuesday 12th May 2015
Put some laundry in the washing machine today, stepped outside on the balcony to read. After about five minutes there was a shout from Phil, the machine was leaking. 5 buckets of water mopped up! We just don't need that, especially as we were not feeling 100%. Our landlady Vasso arrived – she said it was the filter, she took it out put it back and it is working perfectly now. We have a lovely clean floor! We went to Portofino this evening, mainly to get some fresh air and a change of scenery. Joy and Cliff popped in to say hello, Cliff had been in bed all day unwell. Spiros is poorly too, it seems it is not just us – looks like there is a virus going round. We only ate half our meal, Poppy had a nice treat for supper. Home by 10pm for Honey & lemon to wash down some more Paracetamol.
Wednesday 13th May 2015
Still feeling rough, so not much to report today. I had a lie on a sunbed for an hour, Ann and John our neighbours have arrived and John came to say hello.I have been invited to submit my blogs for a competition. It has to be between 500 and a 1000 words, so I have entered our 2014 journey for the May competition and will send my 2015 journey for the June one. Fingers crossed but I am up against some tough competition as there are some published authors submitting entries. My blogs were never really intended for publication, just to keep family and friends up to date with our holiday. I got to look back on some photos so here are a few not posted yet!
This is Tia a pretty little dog, our friends Danielle and Will have adopted. Tia was found abandoned by the side of the road.
Neither Phil or myself drink beer, we know lots of our friends rave about Mythos but we just don't like the taste. We saw this in a local supermarket and thought we would try it – but no – not for us.
A while ago Fox, the Marvel puppy escaped and made for our balcony to play with Poppy.
This is about the halfway point in our Arillas stay, I must say the weather has been glorious almost wall to wall sunshine, with a few little clouds and a smattering of rain. So different from last year it is much warmer and drier.