Years of Enjoyment

It is a hot and hazy day on Symi. The sea is smooth and calm, reflecting the pink tones of the dusty sky as a slow Saharan sandstorm drifts across Greece, sprinkling the country with mud showers. Temperatures are much higher than normal for May and everyone is feeling the heat. Cats and visitors alike are looking for shady places to cool off and the cats are doing well on the ice creams that melt faster than those carrying them can eat them.

On Thursday a group of visitors and expat residents headed for the small island of Sesklia on board the Poseidon with a mission in mind – to clear up all the rubbish left by visitors and washed up by the winter storms. The project, instigated by Captain Yanni and the crew of the Poseidon, was a huge success as can be seen by the enormous number of refuse bags filled. Wooden rubbish was burned and plastic was brought back to Symi to be taken to the dump. Many participants said that for them it was an opportunity to give something back for all the years of enjoyment that the island has given them.  For more photographs please see Out and About.

Another event worthy of comment is the removal of the Michalaki, the Valsami statue of the little fisherman, from its original place by the clock tower to the head of the harbour by Pachos. Unfortunately the statue was damaged in the process and now sports several copper bandages where the pieces were stuck together again.

Have a good weekend.

Regards,

Adriana