Long Weekend

 Yes, it's another fiesta, a long weekend, 3 days of celebration 

All of Greece is celebrating, each district, town, village in their own traditional fashion

It's the beginning of Lent tomorrow and this Saturday and Sunday everyone is out celebrating the end of Carnival....... 

Except us. 

What's going on? 

A record number of flamingos are wintering on the estuary across the Strait, round the corner and down the road

Brad Pitt is making a film on Hydra, the next island down.  

 Poros is celebrating carnival with a concert, a school parade, songs and dances. 

Not anything that excites me anymore. 

Monday is a public holiday. Called Clean Monday. The family gathers. We eat shellfish and drink ouzo. Some may fly a kite. 

I am making Lenten flatbread called lagana. The dough is ready in the fridge for a long, slow overnight rise. 

It's the beginning of the 6 weeks of Lent.