On the up...

The pizza chef in Sapore di Piperi.

 Firstly my glass back (as my son insists on calling it), is much improved.  It was slowly getting better until yesterday when Deb and Jez heard of a wonder drug which can be bought straight over the counter as most drugs can be here in Greece.  The tablets, Naprosyn, are used in the treatment of arthritis and I could tell the difference within two hours of taking the first pill.  I have taken another this morning and had the most comfortable day for about a month now.  Thanks guys for the information.

Wicked calzone di mare and mixed salad.

Hundreds of acres or Oranges ripe for the picking.

Market day in Arta.

 On Sunday we went to the newly revamped Sapore di Piperi restaurant in Nidri.  They have made a great job of the place and are open Friday, Saturday and Sunday every week throughout the winter.  The old Il Sapore now Pomerada is also reopening this week on weekend days.  Looks like there is a plethora of Italian food in Nidri.  We had a great meal on Sunday and it was fantastic to see Demetri in good form.

Arta music academy doing a charity concert

Something fishy.

We have had some pretty poor weather this last few days, not UK poor but never the less poor with some serious wind and rain.  Things brightened up again yesterday and we're back into the low twenties so every thing has dried up nicely.

Yesterday we drove around the Amvraticus gulf yesterday and had a couple of hours wondering around Arta.  The road between Amfilochia and Arta has hundreds of acres of citrus groves all of which are now being harvested.  As a result of this there are stalls selling oranges, lemons, mandarins etc. twenty five cents a kilo (about twenty pence), the man from delmonti he say YES!!

Arta is a fantastic town to visit and it's amazing that so many people who spend an awful lot of time out in this part of Greece never get to see it.  We were treated to a musical performance by the local music academy in aid of charity, so it seems that even cash strapped Greece can still do a bit for good causes.

There will not be a blog next week as we are leaving Lefkas for Athens on Tuesday and after three days in Athens we fly back to the UK, hopefully I will have the time to update things the week after.