Poros Peace

The island is slowly slipping into a comfortable winter calm.  On Friday I went down to shop at the supermarket on the harbour front. On recent Fridays the island has continued to fill up with greek visitors making the most of the mild autumn weather and trying for a last  weekend away from the city.  

Today the cars coming off the car ferry were few,  Cafeterias were empty, noise was minimal,  motorbikes few and far between, with time to cross the road at a leisurely pace.  There was no frantic filling of supermarket shelves, no one waiting at the cheese counter and everyone had a smile and a 'kalimera'.

There are a few drawbacks.  Most tavernas and many of the cafeterias have already stacked their chairs and piled up the tables.  Some have even started winter repairs and renovations.  However if you want a cup of coffee and a chat there's still somewhere to sit.  People watching continues when the daily cruise boat comes in for a couple of hours.

Soon there will be Christmas lights strung on every tree and cheery decorations adorning the street lights.

                                                 

                                     A dragonfly on a seaside villa

The bougainvillia is still in bloom but the tables and chairs from the wine bar under the bougainvillia have been taken inside for the winter season

The big supermarket is the first to show it's almost Christmas 

I spoke too soon. There are a new lot of recruits at the Navy School, doing their 3 week training. 

Sunday. 

And it's visiting day. We kept away from the hordes downtown but even the roads up here had a bit of traffic when I went out walking. They'll all be gone by tonight and the young sailors back inside. 

That's Poros.

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Question on a TV quiz programme last night

'How many Americans believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows?' 

I'm sorry Americans but.... 

17 million of you think that's true.