Thursday 23 October 2014

It's Official, I'm married to an old woman...

Boat sale at Vlicho Yacht Club.
 Saturday we decided that we would go and browse the bargains to be had at the Vlicho Yacht Club boat Jumble, Car Boot, Jumble sale, call it what you will.  As usual there were things which had been seen and rejected at many a sale prior to this one, I wonder when the items owners will finally realise that there stuff really is old junk and no one actually wants it!  Having said that there was some valid sale items and of of course Poros Janet was there with her normal stall full of freshly baked delicacies such as sausage rolls (Brian bought the bloody lot!), Cornish pasties etc.
The Birthday Girl with Pink Champagne and Chocolate.

We managed to get a couple of Pasties before they sold out for a Sunday snack and also had a bacon sarny in the club house so the journey was worthwhile.

Monday was the birthday of the my long suffering and beautiful wife, Sandra.  At last she has caught up with me in age, at least for the next three months.  I never would have thought all those years ago that I would end up being married to an old woman, but I guess she's ended up being married to an old man too, never mind.

Wine bar before evening meal.
 We decided that as a treat we would have some time in Ioannina and stay overnight in an Hotel and try out an Asian Fusion restaurant we had heard of from Deb and Jez.  The Bonzai, as it's called was fantastic.  We started with a selection of sushi dishes and then a couple of mains ( a Cantonese beef dish and a satay chicken one) with chow mein noodles for the carbohydrates to finish.  They sent us complimentary sweets, banana fritters with Ice cream and all washed down with a little wine.  Bloody gorgeous, we will be going back again.
Quaint little place, init!

Hotel Kastro, Ioannina.
 The hotel we stayed at was the hotel Kastros with the old castle walls and very handy for anyone wishing to see the town and it's many attractions.  The Hotel is good value at fifty eight euros for the room with breakfast although we did get woken during the night with the refuge collectors, we always have our windows open.
Anyone for Yorkshire pudding?

We also managed to do the Ikea, Jumbo, Practika shopping bit whilst we were in the area and I think that Sanny fully enjoyed her little birthday treats.

With spending quite a lot of the time since we returned at Linda and Ray's place we have not really had time to try out the new electric oven we brought back with us from the UK.  Well last night we had a cooked dinner with Yorkshire puddings, I think you'll agree they look stoncking.  I can confirm that they tasted even better.  So overall I think the the oven has now passed the acid Sandra test.

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