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Easter has come and gone, till next year.
We can relax at the 'green chairs' cafe, right beside the water and watch the line-up of yachts come in for a few days of Poros experience
Still very early in the tourist season but there are a few yachts to watch and we admire the new electricity boxes for the boats. Last year most of them were broken, fallen over or generally useless for connecting the yachts. All the electricty and water supply boxes have been put upright, repaired and enclosed in heavy bars so they can't be damaged.
We rarely see beggars on the island. We get 'offerers' instead.
Always interesting to see what these people are touting. They leave, in this case a key chain with blue eye and beads to keep off the evil eye, on the table along with a card to say how much they want you to 'offer' and explain why they are asking for money,
They go off and leave a card and key ring on each table. If you want the key ring you pocket it and leave the money on the card which is collected a few minutes later. Most of the cards say the 'offerer' is deaf and preferably dumb as well. No questions asked, no hassle.
We often pick up little items like this key ring, a small torch, fan, cigarette lighter, all sorts of interesting little trinkets. Cheap pleasure for us, a lucrative day out for them.
This card says he wants 2 euros but if we are nice people we'll leave more.
I've just seen the last episode of the Durrells. A real tear jerker, with loads of laughter, from me. Totally inaccurate and absolutely entertaining. I shall miss them
Alexis Georgoulis
who plays Spiros is a very popular greek actor and
is a candidate for the radical left ruling party SYRIZA
in the European elections. I'm sure he'll be voted in. His is a name known to all, all of those greeks who have no idea who to vote into the European Parliament.
European elections are a puzzle.
If it wasn't for the local elections on the same day the voting percentage would be well under 50%.
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I loved the Durrels house. I think the script wriers struggled to make it believable in the last couple of series and struggled for storylines.
ReplyDeleteWonderful place, full of character and crumbling walls. Must be worth a lot of money. Perfect position by the sea. I did read,somewhere, that it was Gerald Durrell's house.
DeleteHere too there are deaf people who work the same method in cafes, I wonder who learned from whom.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a good idea they play the deaf and dumb. They don't intrude and whine. If you something you leave the money and that's it. I always love to see what they're selling
DeleteHaven't heard of that here. The key ring looks quite nice. Great idea.
ReplyDeleteIt is a great idea. You only pay a few euros and have a little fun.
DeleteThat is so much better than sitting outside a supermarket with their hands out. Did you say 'Have a nice day', to see if they really were deaf?
ReplyDeleteI think my husband has tried that! They've been trained well, narry a word.
DeleteGypsies come around selling flowers sometimes. They can be very irritating with their whining demanding voices.
My husband usually ignores beggars of all types however the last time we were in London we popped into a shop to buy a takeaway sandwich for lunch and there was a young man sitting outside with a tin cup for coins. There must have been something about this lad because P rummaged around and dropped all his spare change into the cup. A few pounds anyway. I don't suppose I shall see that happen again.
ReplyDeleteUnless we go into the city. We don’t see beggars. And the last time we were there I didn’t see any at all.
ReplyDeleteBut when I do. I try to drop some money into their containers if I have it.
I could do with sitting and watching the boats sail by. That would be very nice indeed
I don't like the beggars in Athens. They are often gypsies with small babies, probably handed round from one to the other. Or small children outside supermarkets. I ask them why they're not at school. Never get an answer to that!
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ReplyDeleteI have a very 'snarky' attitude, to such things, as *Offers* and those who do them.
But it's best, to keep my opinions, to myself. ,-)
Just another way of getting money to live. They offer, you buy, if you want to
ReplyDeleteI've never seen anything like that but I guess it's a less invasive way of earning money from people.
ReplyDeleteYes, they don't intrude or annoy. If you want what's on offer you pocket it and leave the money. If you don't want it, the card is just left where he put it on the table, he takes it, no talk, no hassle.
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