Life on Easy Street...

Nice easy time this week which started on Saturday with the visit of good friends Tony & Liz and Mark & Maureen, they got slightly misplaced on the way here dispite Tony and Liz having been here bfore but the bonus was they enjoyed a nice ride through the mountains. Kev & Lynda should have been here also but couldn't make it due to a prior engagement with the briny and a yacht.

Photo: LtoR Liz, Mark, Me, Maureen and Tony - Sandra is playing at being David Bailey behind the lens!

We had a smashing BBQ and loads of talk lasting all day. It's really a refreshing change to be able to chat away without having to mentally translate of simplify your English so you can be understood, in life at home you take the pleasure of having a chat just so much for granted and it's really a great gift. Anyway we sent them all off home with some Goats cheese produced by one of our neighbours and hopefully a full belly to boot. Thanks to all for the flowers (Pictured left) and giftets you brought and look forward to seeing you all soon in Lefkas.

Sandra went to Ioannina with Mantha on Monday and came back with a set of patio chairs and a table for Mantha's balcony. This meant that I had to build them all on Tuesday as I think I own the only spanner in the village. Mantha's big kitchen table also required attention as it was moving a foot from side to side at the top and not an inch at the floor yet another job for Les and his magic spanner! also this week I have been mending a mobile phone which would charge for a guy up the road and several trips to sort Jorgos out with his computer all of which have been "shoot the user" type problems. I sometimes wonder how ever they managed before Sandra and I came to the village.

Today San and I have had a nice day just walking around Arta (Volta Kafe - Volta Kafe...) we called of at Lymni Zero (Lake Zero) on the way home and had a nice glass of wine overlooking the lake - Beautiful. Four Glasses of wine and two plates of meze later we came home. Great value for money there as it was only 6 Euros for the lot and the meze's where a meal in themselves. Home then for yet another BBQ and the footy tonight!

We have just spent ten minutes outside watching an amazing display from a few fireflies the first we have seen for years since we were on holiday at Nidri.

Anyway that's been about all for this week I did say it had been an easy one!