Tuesday 9 August 2022

On the Cheap

The Navy school on Poros is where K actually did go to school, at age 13, and then he served quite a few years here towards the end of his service.  During the year it has conscripts for the few weeks of their first training and during the hottest summer months naval personnel or retirees from elsewhere can apply to spend 10 days on holiday.  There is a nicely set-up beach with lifeguard, childrens' playground and cinema, cafeteria and canteen.


We are allowed to us these facilities too.  The canteen food is simple greek, self-service and clean-up and very, very cheap. 


We go down in the evening to eat and drink for just 11 euros.  That's with souvlaki and all the trimmings, a litre of wine and a couple of tins of plain soda so I can 'water' my wine down, making it into a spritzer.


Last night we took some of the grandchildren down to eat.  Four teenagers.  We had pork and chicken souvlakis (meat grilled on a skewer), kebab (which is a sort of meatball grilled on a skewer) lots of tzatziki, fried potatoes, pitta bread, greek salads and ice-cream to finish off.  Plus bottles of water, soft drinks and wine for us.  It cost us 35 euros.  A meal which would have cost over 100 at an ordinary taverna.


A table right beside the sea


The canteen.  A lot of the work on this canteen, especially the lighting and wiring was done by K when he was on active duty and Officer in charge of electrical 'doings' at the base.  A few years ago now

He still knows, of course, all the personnel here.  The officers.  Young conscripts come and go


We will be sitting at one of these beach side tables in a few days watching  the full moon shine  over the water.  


Grandaughter Poppi


Grandson Jamie


And Luli with the remains of the meal in front of her.  Most of the plates and glasses are recyclable.  All of it gets folded up in the paper tablecloth and disposed of in the bin by the bar.  Self service from start to finish

We count our blessings to have this place to eat at in the evening, when it is too hot to cook. They do lunch as well. The rest of the island is overcrowded just now, traffic jams, nowhere to park and the cheapest taverna meal is 20 euros a head


14 comments:

  1. Sounds bloomin' marvellous to me. That's the way to enjoy yourselves without having to break the bank.

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    1. We are lucky. If we didn't have this it would be morning coffee now and again and nothing else

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  2. This looks like a wonderful meal to me. I love Greek food so much.

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  3. I'm familiar with most of the food mentioned: simple, tasty, mediterranean food, decently priced. The beauty of the sea and moon is free.

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    1. A small Greek salad, tzatziki, and souvlaki . Perfect. We don't really need the fries

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  4. Lovely! How wonderful to be able to eat a great meal with family that doesn’t break the bank. Looks like a fun time too.

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    1. Most of the kids are working this summer so it was nice to get them together

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  5. What a lovely place. I love bargains so I would love to spend the day here. Eating and drinking
    It’s nice the older grandchildren still want to spend time with their yiayia and papou

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    1. It's hard to get to see those grandkids now. They have their own friends, lives. Now and again a get together is marvellous

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  6. Sounds like a wonderful place to go to, nice to be with the grand kids too.

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    1. It was so nice to see them, talk and laugh. Great evening all round

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