Wind-tugged thunder clouds

After a very hot weekend the meltemi is asserting itself again. There are wind-tugged thunder clouds marching across the Turkish horizon and the sea has turned dark blue with crisp white horses romping through the Nimos channel.

The Symi is rumbling away below the balcony, preparing to depart. The scene is the usual mix of half-dressed tourists nursing third-degree piebald sunburn, harassed tour guides and agitated crew members talking truck drivers up the ramp. The melon seller must have done well - his empty truck has just disappeared into the bowels of the ship. I wonder if he'll be back tonight with more melons...

A row of old-fashioned street lamps has sprouted along our side of the harbour. As they are on the quay side rather than the landward side they are unlikely to last long - the building supply ships that come in in the winter lie alongside here with cranes and fork lift trucks.

Have a good week.

Regards,
Adriana
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