Monday 12 November 2018

Sunday....the rest of the day

You can never tell in the morning how the day is going to pan out.
The warm autumn Sunday turned out even better than expected.  We didn't get to eat rice and rooster after all.....too bad!

We got a call from family and went down to the 'green chairs' for a 'coffee'.  Great surprise when we arrived.  Everyone else was already there and the table full of odd dishes and serving plates full of everyone's Sunday lunch.

The cafeteria provided the wine, a meze plate with olives, tomatoes, cheese and some bread and we tucked into an impromptu feast sitting beside the water on this warm and sunny day


Sunday lunch on the waterfront


Smile for the camera


Offal, chicken, pork chops, fried rice and potatoes
Plenty for everyone



And if that wasn't enough our friendly butcher brought over a plate of his Sunday dinner for us to sample as well
Being known, and liked, by (almost) everyone on this small island has some advantages. Or being related to them!



A free Sunday afternoon to sit and chat, and enjoy a glass of wine




Boys will be boys!
Some of us were in short sleeves, some of us were wearing jackets
and small boys stripped off for a dive into the harbour


The clean harbour waters  ( one hopes )

Elsewhere it was Armistice Day. There didn't appear to be any ceremonies here. Greece didn't come into  WW1  till 1917

I don't remember much about Armistice Day in days gone by.  It was my mother's birthday so we marked the day in a slightly different fashion.

I learnt a lot reading everyone's blog posts on this day of remembrance
The numbers of dead and wounded are staggering and the actrocities shocking

We shall remember them at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month.

And so we should




18 comments:

  1. That looks a pretty good impromptu lunch.

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  2. What a wonderful Sunday you had there.

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    1. Yes indeed, and no table to clear or dishes to wash!!

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  3. I love impromptu things but yours always seem to be in the sun and beside the water, how lovely. Different life style. Now you need to write a book, "How to Live Greek and Enjoy Life."

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    1. Very different lifestyle, climate, traditions. Nice to be able to have fun in the sun and cheaply too!

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  4. Life on a Greek Isle sounds quite idyllic, as it should. :-)

    Wonderful, wonderful day!!!!

    ✨🔥✨

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    1. It was nice with family and friends, kids running wild. Everyone e happy, even our priest. He did his stint in the armed forces here at the naval base when my husband was an officer so we know him well

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  5. hmmm Rooster - sounds very interesting. As for Armistace day, yep we had that day here in NZ too.

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    1. I was glad to be able to skip the rooster. We had to eat it the next day tho.....with lots of salad

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  6. How lovely your lunch looks... and swimming in the harbour looks wonderful too.

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    1. At least the harbour waters 'look' clean. I hope they are. Water is freezing at this time of the year

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  7. As usual your Greek island lifestyle makes me extremely jealous.

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    1. It was a day that anyone woul have enjoyed. Sunshine, good company, good wine and small children allowed to run wild...but not next to us!

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  8. Nothing like an impromptu gathering. We used to have them all the time
    Enjoy the weather while it lasts

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    1. November has been brilliant. I really hope it does last a few more weeks though a little light rain wouldn't go amiss

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