More Rellies*

The next wave of visitors arrived at the end of August.  

They stepped off the hydrofoil and got straight down to business

In the shade

Fair dinkum kiwis

with their very traditonal greek Uncle.  'Alfa' is this summer's preferred beverage for everyone

Sweet as!

To the beach and more Alfa on the sands

These two were privileged to meet Vaso, our remarkable neighbour and star of this blog.  She communicated in pigeon english and much gesturing

Her english is minimal and so was their greek but she loved the company and chance to 'tell' a few stories

Sam and Katy are learning three greek words a day

ena, dyo, tria

Cooking genuine greek stuffed tomatoes and green peppers with a 

genuine Greek

Another family bbq

We all immensely enjoy these sociable family gatherings 

and to be a traditional feast

we must have

 grilled pork, chicken, beef, lamb, sausages, a pile of pita bread and a ton of tzatziki 

Yes, Kathryn, we did it all over again 

Grilled octopus

These genuine (dinkum) kiwis love offal... and seafood of any sort

Anchovies, salted sardines

 grilled sardines eaten head and all,

fish roe, marinated mackeral

 and ouzo

The long table on the back terrace was used instead of the balcony surrounded by grapevines under the stars

We needed cover because it actually rained, for five minutes

Seated greek style.  Stretched out over three chairs and a beer at hand. Usually the feet are resting on two other chairs

 They helped around the home, carting the ancient 100 kilo  (so it seemed) TV out for recycling.  Katy scrubbed the last of the winter carpets and hung it over the fence to dry.  The long handled cobweb cleaner is waiting for their next visit.  The cobwebs will probably still be there ....

Greeks dancing!

Greek saying

'A starving bear does not dance'

These 'cubs' were full of traditional greek goodies and kiwi pavlova

*NZ Talk

Rellies  -  relatives

Fair dinkum    -   genuine

Togs     -  swimsuit, bathers

Sweet as   - awesome

Hokey pokey - the best damn ice-cream in the whole wide world