Last Week for Geoffrey

Picture: Geoff and Sandra enjoying a drink overlooking "Limni Zhero" (Lake Zero)

It's now into our last week with Geoff as a guest and I think we can honestly say that he has enjoyed every moment of his time here. He's trying the language and the food, YES, for those who know him this may be a surprise! The man who says "urhh don't know how you can eat that muck" or " Don't put any of that slop on mine" he has been eating steaks with mushroom sauce poured all over them, squid, tsatsiki, big beans (giganties), mussels, fried sardines, saganaki etc. etc. He's becoming a real greecophile.

Picture: Donkey stood at the side of the road waiting for it's master to come back after his fill of tsiperou.


This week we've been to all the usual haunts which I have probably gone on about at some length in the past. He particularly enjoyed the ride across the Souli Mountains with the panoramic view from over 4000 ft and with it's spectacular views over Paramythia. We have eaten at several Greek restaurants and he was most impressed with the food and the fact that they always give you bread and water without having to be asked. Geoff still prefers to eat indoors though even though it's much cooler if you eat outside where the breeze can cool things down somewhat.

Picture: Sandra and her dad took into some "pack up" at the springs of Achrienon

For the last week or so the temperatures have been around the 30 degree C mark but being a dry atmosphere this doesn't seem too bad and certainly nothing like it would be in the UK when you sweat just thinking about getting another beer from the fridge, we had kept Sandra's dad out of the sun as much as possible as he suffers from skin cancer but this really isn't the problem which people might think it is especially with his factor 50, long sleeves and hat on!

Picture: Geoff studying the water flow from the springs.

We have booked Sandra's flight back to the UK with her dad and also her return flight, unfortunately we could not get any flight back to Manchester from Prevesa so they are flying from Corfu. This is a bit more messing about with having to catch a ferry to Corfu but it's much better than having to go to Athens especially with Geoff in tow. Sandra will be at home from Monday afternoon and her return flight is on Sunday to Preveza which means we will be separated for six nights. This may sound unbelievable but this will be the longest that Sandra and I have been apart for about 37 years! (I wonder if I can trade her in for two 25 year olds!)