Wednesday 25 May 2022

Pics of Nothing in Pic-ticular

 




A roadside shrine.  They usually mark the place of an accident.  They are put up either as a memorial or a thank you for a near miss.  This shrine is just to mark the little church down the dirt track behind it, as far as I know.  It's on a flat piece of road, no curves or bumps.

No place for an accident though we do have a few teenage hooligans on the island who do wheelies and race each other on motor bikes with broken exhausts around here.  These bits of straight road up in the hills are ideal for that.  Unfortunately we can hear the noise, especially at 2am and so can our neighbours dotted here and there amongst the once peaceful countryside.

Last summer when we had all the windows open to get a bit of breeze or were sleeping outside they were damned annoying. 

We waited for someone else to call the police. No one did. 

No one wants to start a vendetta with local families, most of whom are friends or relatives. 

   






The new norm. Not the soda or the nice glass but the amount of wine in that fancy glass.
Before the café was redecorated, renamed and taken over by the younger generation that glass would have been brought to me full of red wine. The wine is the same, drinkable, the price has gone up a little but boo-hoo, the level has dipped down into the doldrums.

Soda saves the day. I filled up the glass with soda and turned it into red champan-izé . As the weather gets warmer a few ice cubes and a fill-up with soda makes it a lighter drink.






An addition to our neighbourhood sign.
'F*** you, we are from Athens'
Splendid.
A thank you from those damn Greek tourists who jam up our roads and beaches, clutter up our cafes and tavernas, stop in the middle of the road to admire the view, push into the queue at the supermarket, click their fingers at the waiter and expect first service.



 









13 comments:

  1. I can’t handle rude people.
    When I worked hospitality I’d totally ignore anyone being rude.
    They soon learnt if they wanted service they had to be nice to the barmaid
    The level of wine is a sign of the times I think
    Everything is costing more but you get less

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    1. I worked at a pool bar serving coffees and drinks to damn tourists. Always a smile. I don't know how I did it. Tourists are a strange lot. Sometimes I did my job so well they thought they'd made a best friend for life. No way. Thank goodness they only stayed a week or maybe 2 and then disappeared

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  2. ICE…..in wine. Oh no.
    I don’t mind soda or lemon added to make it fizzy but ICE…..that’s just like putting water in it!

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    1. Cold, cold, cold is the mantra for summer. And the wine is usally drunk before the ice melts anyway lol

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  3. The same thing has happened with wine glasses here. I would be ripping that sign off, cheeky blighters!!

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    1. Everyone else just speeds past but I walk so it really sticks out. I'll have to take a marker pen with me an make some changes

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  4. I was told recently that you simply DON'T fill a glass with wine. You leave a substantial gap so that you can swirl and smell and sip and truly appreciate the bouquet of the wine. Obviously I am not of the Connoisseur Class as I prefer my glass to be fuller LOL.

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    1. When you're paying a good price you except a decent amount!!

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  5. Shame about the knuckle-draggers from cityside. You really don't need their attitudes messing up the very reason they even come to your island in the first place (and bringing their vity servings and prices into your best tavernas!)

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    1. Heaven knows who they were that went to the trouble of printing the damn sticker, bringing it with them ,stopping and putting it up. I presume they leave their mark wherever they go.

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  6. Clicking fingers at waiters and waitresses is considered to be rude I think, I would never do it but shame about the hooligans, I'm guessing we get them everywhere.

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