Wet Day - No Ramble

 A storm system raced through Greece giving us a day of rain and thunderstorms

 You should have seen the rush at 1 oclock when the restaurant opened. There wasn't much else to do but drink  and eat. 

We were at the restaurant at 1.05 and so were 50 others. The queue snaked around the seating area. 

But they served us all quickly. You pick up your tray, your bread and your cutlery, slide it along in front of the giant dishes of food and point out what you want. 

The paypoint is at the end. Just as we reached the cash desk the lights went out. Blackout. No tills working.

Just our luck.

But this is the Greek Navy! In a few minutes they had generators up and running.

The rest of the day was spent reading or sitting on the balcony watching the lightening display.  Every few seconds the sky would be lit up by a brilliant flash. Fortunately the storm wasn't on top of us and the thunder wasn't ear splitting.

By morning the sun had come out and it was another swimming day.

I'm reading 3 books at the moment. 

One is written by an Englishman building a house in the Greek city of Nauplion in the 80s. He was married to Nina Bowden who is apparently a British author.

It's interesting because I know Nauplion well and Greece in the 80s.  He includes the politics back then and a little history.

The second book is a who-dun-it written by Frances Fyfield who is described as the best crime writer alive. Yeah, right.

And a book by Wilfred Thesinger an explorer from the early 1900s. His books are always well written and enjoyable even if a little old.

My red stemmed glass was given to me to enhance my summer drinking enjoyment by friend Jan. Thanks Jan.