Sunday, 18 May 2025

Greek Island Pic Parade

 

More photos from a Greek island.


What life is all about.  
Coffee at a harbour café
People watching and setting our world to right 


The cafeterias are known, by us, according to the colour of their chairs.
This place used to be 'the blue chairs', next to 'green chairs' (which are no longer in favour). But they've changed the chairs this year.  Now we sit in these plain looking director chairs.  Last year they had big wicker chairs with fluffy blue cushions.
K doesn't mind. What he looks for is a good wine and meze.  They often have roast pork or grilled pancetta on the 'snack' menu. He's a happy blue-chairs customer. 


He's a very happy camper when he's coffee-ing with his grandchildren 
Nels, Pappou and........ Poppi



Moored along the quay was a catamaran flying a German flag but sporting a Maori name.  
Kia Ora ... Good Health

I went over and asked them if they had sailed from NZ.  The young lad laughed and said he'd been asked a similar question many times.  The catamaran had nothing to do with NZ or Maoris.  They were german and he said his mother liked the name and that was that.

A bicycle with a wooden frame parked outside one of the 'arty' shops in town.  
A Coco-Mat bike.
 It is partly electric but to start the motor you need to pedal like fury. And apparently the saddle is not bottom friendly. It's a little on the small side. 
Coco-mat is an environmentally friendly company which 'reflects the authenticity of the Mediterranean culture'. 



Along came a scooter covered in grass
Nylon grass



What would you have for your last Greek meal?
Paul's choice 
Okra with tomatoes and rooster with hilopites, Greek noodles 
We asked Sofia to have it freshly cooked for him.
 Our choice, greek salad and her speciality, grilled chicken pieces 


Sofia's Greek salad. 
Still the cheapest on the island at 7.50 euros
The olives have no stones in them! 
Wonderful. It's always a nuisance having to discreetly remove the olive stone from your mouth and find somewhere to deposit it. 
When you're at home, outside, you throw it over the fence or into the garden and hope it sprouts an olive tree


Saying goodbye to the family, sniff sniff
George turned up just in time to 'wave a hanky' as they sailed out into the bay and onwards into the Saronic Gulf and Piraeus Harbour 

It's not goodbye or arrivederci
Simply
Adio
Until next time 










13 comments:

  1. People-watching is a great pastime, but saying au revoir to loved ones is always difficult.

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    1. It was emotional seeing them arrive, twice as teary seeing them leave

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    2. Ps au revoir!! That's the word I was looking for and couldn't remember! I used arrivederci instead. Adio is the greek equivalent. Thank you

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  2. I love family get togethers. Yours was a very happy one!

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    1. And another family get together today. The greek family. 2 of K's nephews that we haven't seen for years even though they live in Athens. Boy could they drink beer!

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  3. You know how to celebrate on Poros.

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    1. As you keep on telling me ☺️ Greeks... Celebrate? Watch this space 😅

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  4. yum, can't beat roast port and K looks like the cat who got the cream.

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  5. Great photos and how wonderful to have spent so much time with family. Your holiday looked magical :)

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  6. The end of a wonderful holiday. As you say, till next time.

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  7. Wonderful photos, always hard to say goodbye, even though you do it many times.

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