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| Symi is an island of many steps and ramps. |
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| A wayside snail munching amongst the Alexanders. |
It is a
bright and sunny spring day on Symi. The
sea is calm and the air temperature is about 22 degrees centigrade. There is a cool northerly breeze riffling the
harbour and wind-shredded clouds are streaked across the sky but in comparison
to recent Fridays it is a pleasant day indeed.
There is quite a lot of activity outside as the
Blue Star Diagoras came
through this morning, the first big boat since last week, so people with
vehicles who came over from Rhodes for the Independence Day long weekend last
weekend have finally been able to get back home to Rhodes. The Wednesday
Diagoras did not come through Symi as its schedule was thrown into such
disarray by Monday’s gale that it was still on its way home to Piraeus from
Astypalia on Wednesday morning when it should have been en route from Symi to
Rhodes! From next week we will be really spoiled as
Dodecanese Seaways' car ferry, Panagia Skiadeni starts to serve the Symi-Rhodes route.
As it is
Catholic Easter we have a couple of yachts in Yialos, in the form of an
Austrian ketch and a large German motorboat.
The Austrian ketch has just departed, probably in search of a bit more
excitement as there were a number of teenage boys on board and Symi in the
midst of Lent and outside the tourist season has little offer by way of
diversion for youngsters. Even the gyros
has been replaced with taramasalata! The
locals are armed with buckets and mops, paint pots and brushes, all getting
stuck into the big spring clean than precedes the start of the season. We have about two days of good weather in
which to get things done before the wind arrives again on Sunday and there is
more stormy stuff forecast for next week.
Happy
Easter to those of you who are celebrating this weekend. We have to wait until the 5 May for our celebrations.
Regards,
Adriana
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| Registered in Hamburg. The masts just visible beyond belong to the Austrian ketch mentioned. |
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| Tables and chairs packed out and ready for business. |
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| The Diagoras departing. |
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